1. Army Blood Program SAFMLS 2009 Silver Legacy Resort and Casino, Reno, NV LTC Lopatka Unclassified 25 Mar 2009

2. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 2 OUTLINE 1.Blood IT Future 2.71E8T Locations / 2009 Moves 3.Deployments 4.Facility updates 5.Age of Blood Updates  Improvements to Date  Regional Testing Plans  Lot Release Efficiency review 6.Conclusion PURPOSE: To update Army Blood Program hot topics

3. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 3 INDEPENDENCE DAY for Future IT 18 MARCH 2009 4 JULY 1776

4. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 4 Founding Father of Future IT =

5. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 5 71E8T Locations/Projections (2009) Director ASBPO – COL Rentas Army SBPO – LTC Lopatka (More info at end of brief on this) DCDD – LTC(P) Gonzales (LTC Gourdine fall 09) Commands: –MAJ Corley – 432nd BSD Bragg –CPT Terry – 932nd BSD Hood –CPT Evans – 153rd BSD Lewis –CPT Swingholm – 440th BSD FSHTX (CPT Mester summer 09) –CPT Harris – 95th BSD Korea Robertson Blood Center – LTC(P) Fryar (CPT(P) Swingholm summer 09) XO 1st AML – LTC Pell NARMC Blood Manager—WRAMC – COL Beardsley GPRMC Blood Manager—BAMC – CPT Mester (MAJ Quesada summer 09) SERMC Blood Manager – Gordon – CPT Gates EUCOM BPO – MAJ Quesada (LTC Whitacre – summer 09) Korea BPO – LTC Whitacre (MAJ Bell – summer 09) AMEDD Ctr and School—FSHTX—MAJ Taylor WBAMC—Bliss--Chief, Blood Svcs – LTC Dunn CRDAMC—Hood—Lab Manager—MAJ Bachman WAMC—Bragg—Chief Blood Svcs—CPT Casco-Figueroa (CPT Trevino winter 10) Students: PhD—MAJ Sloan / BBF--CPT Trevino; New SBB July 09– CPT Morrison/CPT Dilworth/LT Adamian

6. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 6 DEPLOYMENT KUDO’S Great Work to those now Home: 932 nd BSD – Afghanistan – MAJ Bachman 153 rd BSD – Iraq – MAJ Sloan 86 th CSH – Iraq – CPT McCarthy Currently Out There: 440 th BSD – Afghanistan – CPT(P) Swingholm 432 nd BSD – Iraq – MAJ Corley 10 th CSH – MAJ Colon AND TO ALL THOSE SUPPORTING OUR WARRIORS!!!

7. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 7 Facility Updates WRAMC (Pentagon Collection Site) – moved due to construction to DiLorenzo Clinic area Fort Bragg – New facility under construction Fort Benning – New facility to start later this year Fort Gordon – Facility remodeling planned Fort Leonard Wood –Cooperation obtained from Post and MTF Command –HQDA OPORD in works to require facility –Temporary facility improvements and support in the works

8. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 8 Age of Blood Improvements To Date Regional Testing Plan Lot Release Efficiency Review

9. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 9 Improvements to Date

10. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 10 Army Regional Testing Plan East Charlotte, NC – Red Cross National Testing laboratory –Ft Gordon –Ft Bragg –Ft Benning –Portsmouth –Camp LeJeune INOVA Blood Services (Ashburn, VA) –WRAMC –Landstuhl –NNMC Bethesda Central Lackland AFB Testing –Ft Hood –Ft Leonard Wood –Ft Bliss –Ft Sam Houston West Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, WA –Ft Lewis Tripler blood donor center – continue testing on-site

11. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 11 Lot Release Efficiency Review ABPPL 2006-04-02, dated 10 April 2006, subject: Standardized ABP SOP for Review and Lot Release SOP trained 4-6 April 2006, Killeen Texas Implementation NLT 19 May 2006 Purpose of Lot Release Efficiency review – to evaluate the process at each BDC, streamline process for efficiency, and provide guidance as needed Team to visit each BDC, coordinated with the facility Requires Lot Release personnel available for discussions and training First visit 30 March 2009 – ASBBC-PNW

12. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 12 New Army SBPO LTC(P) Ronny Fryar

13. Army Blood Program - SAFMLS 2009 UNCLASSIFIED LTC Lopatka/DASG-HCZ/(703) 681-0360 (DSN 761) / michael.lopatka@amedd.army.mil Slide 13 THANK YOU!!

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