Armed Blood Services Program, Bloodborne Pathogen and Donor Deferral Early Warning System

The Centers for Disease Control recently stated that continued vigilance is critical to protect the blood supply from known pathogens and to detect the emergence of new infectious agents. The Food and Drug Administration has also recently issued guidance on prudent steps to safeguard the U.S. blood supply from SARS. This proposal identifies the Research & System Design tasks resulting in the production of readily-implementable design concepts for a DoD centralized Blood Pathogen & Donor Alert Compendium ("BPDAC"). Which is an online system designed to protect the DoD blood supply by providing early warning of increases in donor deferral patterns and detections of bloodborne pathogens.