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Run Date: NOV 12, 2019                     Designation: VBEC*2*5
Package : VBEC - VBECS                        Priority: Mandatory
Version : 2         SEQ #5                      Status: Released
                  Compliance Date: DEC 13, 2019
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Subject: VBECS 2.3.2 Rev A Informational Patch

Category: 
  - Informational

Description:
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 This information patch (VBEC*2*5) serves to alert VA facilities using the 
 Vista Blood Establishment Computer Software (VBECS) that VBECS 2.3.2 Rev 
 A server patch has been released for installation.
  
 Sites who have not installed VBECS have no action to take with this 
 informational patch.
  
 This patch will be installed by System Administrators at the Austin 
 Information Technology Center (AITC). 
  
 The expected downtime is approximately one hour for the installation in 
 both the Test and Production account. The Test and Production account 
 will be installed separately and will be unavailable during each install.
  
 Items addressed in VBECS 2.3.2 Rev A are listed in the VistA Blood 
 Establishment Computer Software (VBECS) 2.3.2 Release Notes.
  
  
 BLOOD BANK CLEARANCE
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 EFFECT ON BLOOD BANK FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Patch VBEC*2*5 contains 
 changes to a package referenced in VHA OI SEPG SOP 192-023 Review of 
 VISTA Patches for Effects on VISTA Blood Bank Software. This patch does 
 not alter or modify any VistA Blood Bank software design safeguards or 
 safety critical elements functions.
  
 RISK ANALYSIS: Changes made by patch VBEC*2*5 have no effect on VistA 
 Blood Bank software functionality, therefore RISK is none.
  
 VALIDATION REQUIREMENTS:
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 The VBECS 2.3.2 Rev A server patch requires customer validation in the 
 local Test account prior to installation in Production to meet Food & 
 Drug Administration (FDA) requirements. The user validates the Blood Bank 
 software for its intended use prior to its acceptance and use for patient 
 care. 
  
 Therefore, it is imperative that the AITC coordinate the installation of 
 the VBECS 2.3.2 Rev A server patch with Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 
 Service staff to allow adequate time for impact analysis and testing the 
 changes prior to installation in Production. The VBECS 2.3.2 Release 
 Notes contain descriptions of the changes made in this patch and includes 
 validation scenarios.
  
 TEST SITES:
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 San Diego
 San Francisco
  
 DOCUMENTATION RETRIEVAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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 Documentation describing the new functionality introduced by this patch 
 is available on the VA Software Documentation Library at:
 http://www.domain.ext/vdl/application.asp?appid=182
  
 Refer to the VBECS 2.3.2 Release Notes for a list of the user 
 documentation associated with this release.
  
 Additional VBECS information can be accessed on the VBECS SharePoint site 
 at:
 https://dvagov.sharepoint.com/sites/oitepmovbecs

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User Information:
Entered By  :                               Date Entered  : JUL 16, 2019
Completed By:                               Date Completed: NOV 07, 2019
Released By :                               Date Released : NOV 12, 2019
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