VistA Blood Establishment Computer Software (VBECS) - Echo Interface Configuration and Setup Guide - Version 6.0

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VBECS enables blood bank operations while supporting ongoing compliance with FDA standards for medical devices and strengthening VA’s ability to produce high-quality blood products and services for veterans. The guide explains a new blood bank testing interface introduced in VBECS 2.2.0 for connectivity from blood bank instrumentation, including required implementation steps and validation. It emphasizes that setup instructions must be followed, local validation is required, and verification is needed to confirm correct operation and safe information delivery to VBECS under VA security and privacy policies.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatDOCX

Pages47

Reading Time16 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Related Manuals and Reference Materials

Set Up Automated Instrument

Network Connectivity Setup

Testing Template Setup

User ID Setup

Set Up Instrument Manager

Instrument Manager Version

Instrument Manager to Automated Instrument Connectivity

Installing Instrument Driver

Set Up Instrument Side Configuration

Download Instrument Configuration Files

Import Instrument Side Configuration

Verify Test Code Mapping for Instrument Side Configuration

Verify Rules for Instrument Side Configuration

Configure Rules for Instrument Side Configuration

Import VBECS (HL7) Side Configuration

Verify Test Code Mapping for VBECS Side Configuration

Verify Rules for VBECS (HL7) Side Configuration

Set Up HL7 Connection to VBECS TEST

Set Up Instrument Connection

Test New Connections

Validate Instrument Connectivity to VBECS TEST

Set up HL7 Connection to VBECS PROD

Glossary

Appendices

VistA Blood Establishment Computer Software (VBECS) - Echo Interface Configuration and Setup Guide, Version 6.0 December 2022 Department of Veterans Affairs Enterprise Project Management Office Table of Contents TOC \o "1-5" \h \z \u HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131551" Table of Contents PAGEREF _Toc123131551 \h 2 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131552" Introduction PAGEREF _Toc123131552 \h 3 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131553" Related Manuals and Reference Materials PAGEREF _Toc123131553 \h 4 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131554" Set Up Automated Instrument PAGEREF _Toc123131554 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131555" 1 Network Connectivity Setup PAGEREF _Toc123131555 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131556" 2 Testing Template Setup PAGEREF _Toc123131556 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131557" 3 User ID Setup PAGEREF _Toc123131557 \h 5 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131558" Set Up Instrument Manager PAGEREF _Toc123131558 \h 6 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131559" 1 Instrument Manager Version PAGEREF _Toc123131559 \h 6 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131560" 2 Instrument Manager to Automated Instrument Connectivity PAGEREF _Toc123131560 \h 6 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131561" 3 Installing Instrument Driver PAGEREF _Toc123131561 \h 7 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131562" 4 Set Up Instrument Side Configuration PAGEREF _Toc123131562 \h 7 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131563" 4.1 Download Instrument Configuration Files PAGEREF _Toc123131563 \h 8 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131564" 4.2 Import Instrument Side Configuration PAGEREF _Toc123131564 \h 10 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131565" 4.3 Verify Test Code Mapping for Instrument Side Configuration PAGEREF _Toc123131565 \h 13 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131566" 4.4 Verify Rules for Instrument Side Configuration PAGEREF _Toc123131566 \h 14 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131567" 4.5 Configure Rules for Instrument Side Configuration PAGEREF _Toc123131567 \h 15 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131568" 4.6 Import VBECS (HL7) Side Configuration PAGEREF _Toc123131568 \h 18 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131569" 4.7 Verify Test Code Mapping for VBECS Side Configuration PAGEREF _Toc123131569 \h 21 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131570" 4.8 Verify Rules for VBECS (HL7) Side Configuration PAGEREF _Toc123131570 \h 22 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131571" 5 Set Up HL7 Connection to VBECS TEST PAGEREF _Toc123131571 \h 25 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131572" 6 Set Up Instrument Connection PAGEREF _Toc123131572 \h 27 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131573" 7 Test New Connections PAGEREF _Toc123131573 \h 29 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131574" 8 Validate Instrument Connectivity to VBECS TEST PAGEREF _Toc123131574 \h 30 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131575" 9 Set up HL7 Connection to VBECS PROD PAGEREF _Toc123131575 \h 30 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131576" Glossary PAGEREF _Toc123131576 \h 34 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131577" Appendices PAGEREF _Toc123131577 \h 35 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131578" Appendix A: Instrument Side Mapping PAGEREF _Toc123131578 \h 35 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131579" Appendix B: HL7 (VBECS) Side Mapping PAGEREF _Toc123131579 \h 36 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131580" Appendix C: Instrument Side Rules PAGEREF _Toc123131580 \h 37 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131581" Appendix D: VBECS (HL7) Side Rules PAGEREF _Toc123131581 \h 39 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131582" Appendix E: Echo Testing Templates PAGEREF _Toc123131582 \h 40 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131583" Appendix F: Validation Planning and Example Test Scenarios PAGEREF _Toc123131583 \h 41 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131584" Test Group One: AI interface disabled PAGEREF _Toc123131584 \h 42 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131585" Test Group Two: Verify AI individual test(s) PAGEREF _Toc123131585 \h 43 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131586" Test Group 2 Scenario 1: Verify AI TAS test PAGEREF _Toc123131586 \h 44 HYPERLINK \l "_Toc123131587" Test Group 2 Scenario 2: Verify AI serologic crossmatch test PAGEREF _Toc12313158

FAQs

What is VBECS and what compliance role does it serve?

VBECS is a blood bank application that supports ongoing compliance with FDA standards for medical devices. It also helps the VA produce high-quality blood products and services for veterans.

What new capability does VBECS 2.2.0 introduce?

VBECS 2.2.0 introduces a new interface for blood bank testing performed by blood bank instrumentation to VBECS. The guide describes the implementation of this interface and the associated validation.

What must be done before using the interface in a local environment?

Setup instructions must be followed so the interface delivers information to VBECS. Local validation and verification are required to confirm proper operation and correct connectivity to VBECS.

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