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File: 970207_aadci_127.txtODS MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED BLOOD CATEGORY BLOOD ISSUE NO. l Blood Transshipment Centers - Shipping Incomplete (SGHR ITEM NO. 134) DISCUSSION: USAFE deployed two BTCs to CENTCOM to provide a blood distribution system during the first two months of ODS. This allowed CENTCOM to store more than 14,000 units of blood. Required 10 days to assemble one BTC, while the second BTC was shipped incomplete, missing essential compressors. l RECOMMENDATION: Air Staff should continue to develop and procure the Transportable Blood Transshipment Center (TBTC) to meet future deployment requirements. ACTIONS REQUIRED: Continued development of TBTC. ACTIONS COMPLETED: TBTC is under development, Government Procedures Evaluation to be accomplished Jun 94. Prototype unit testing has been completed by the contractor. Contract to awarded in Jul 95. Delivery of first operational TBTC expected in Feb-Mar 96. Last of seven TBTCs expected to be delivered by Jan 97. STATUS: OPEN.
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