U.S.

ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT CENTER AND SCHOOL

FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS 78234-6100

INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT

SUBCOURSE MD0029 EDITION 100

 DEVELOPMENT

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reflects the current thought of the Academy of Health Sciences and conforms to printed
Department of the Army doctrine as closely as currently possible. Development and
progress render such doctrine continuously subject to change.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Lesson Paragraphs

INTRODUCTION............................................................

1 PRINCIPLES OF AND ORGANIZATION FOR ARMY

MEDICAL LOGISTICS ................................................... 1-11--1-22

Section I. Introduction ................................................ 1-1--1-6

Section II. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) ............... 1-7--1-14
Section III. Medical Materiel Support System .............. 1-15--1-22

Exercises

2. FEDERAL SUPPLY CATALOG AND OTHER MEDICAL

SUPPLY PUBLICATIONS

Section I. Introduction ................................................ 2-1--2-12

Section II. Using the Medical Catalog ......................... 2-13--2-25
Section III. Sample Pages of the Medical Catalog ....... 2-26--2-27
Section IV. Other Publications Related to Medical Supply 2-28--2-39

3. PROPERTY CONTROL IN MEDICAL UNITS

Section I. Introduction ................................................ 3-1--3-6

Section II. Property Accounting System and Procedures 3-7--3-17
Section III. Methods of Obtaining Relief from
Responsibility............................................. 3-18--3-31

APPENDIX. SELECTED EXTRACTS FROM THE FEDERAL SUPPLY CATALOG,

MEDICAL CATALOG, AND SB 8-75-11

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INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

The medical materiel support system of today is without doubt the most
sophisticated in history. It is replete with techniques of automatic and computerized
codings that virtually stagger the imagination and, it is safe to say, that few people, if
any, can be called masters of the entire network.

In every mobilization period, irrespective of the degree, the personnel who handle
the details of the system are largely inexperienced and untrained. Myriads of
possibilities for mistakes exist and untold numbers of man-hours are invested in their
correction. Not withstanding this, it can be said without reservation that the military
patient has never received such superb care as he enjoys today. The roles of those
who render medical materiel support are vital in making such care possible.

Subcourse Components:
This subcourse consists of three lessons. The lessons are:
Lesson 1, Principles of and Organization for Army Medical Logistics
Lesson 2, Federal Supply Catalog and Other Medical Supply Publications.
Lesson 3, Property Control in Medical Units.
APPENDIX, Selected Extracts from the Federal Supply Catalog, Medical Catalog
and SB 8-75-11.
Credit Awarded
To receive credit hours, you must be officially enrolled and complete an
examination furnished by the Nonresident Instruction Branch at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas. Upon successful completion of the examination for this subcourse, you will be
awarded 9 credit hours.

You can enroll by going to the web site http://atrrs.army.mil and enrolling under
"Self Development" (School Code 555).

A listing of correspondence courses and subcourses available through the

Nonresident Instruction Section is found in Chapter 4 of DA Pamphlet 350-59, Army
Correspondence Course Program Catalog. The DA PAM is available at the following
website: http://www.usapa.army.mil/pdffiles/p350-59.pdf.

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 LESSON ASSIGNMENT

LESSON 1 Principles of and Organization for Army Medical

Logistics.

TEXT ASSIGNMENT Paragraphs 1-1 through 1-22

LESSON OBJECTIVES After completion of this lesson, you should be able to:

1-1. State the two primary levels of military supply.

1-2. Identify the support functions of the Defense

Logistics Agency.

1-3. Identify the role of the Defense Personnel

Support Center within the Defense Logistics
Agency.

1-4. Identify the mission of a hospital logistics

division.

1-5. List the basic branches of a hospital logistics

division.

SUGGESTION It is strongly recommended that you complete the

exercises at the end of this lesson.

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 LESSON 1
PRINCIPLES OF AND ORGANIZATION FOR ARMY MEDICAL LOGISTICS

Section I. INTRODUCTION

1-1. GENERAL

Once an organization has been established, assigned a mission, and

given the funds and men to do the job, it then needs the materiel to successfully
accomplish the mission. In order to fulfill the need for materiel, we must know the
methods to obtain it and the principles and procedures of controlling and maintaining
the materiel.
1-2. PHILOSOPHY OF A MATERIEL SYSTEM

a. The philosophy of a materiel system centers on three main principles. The

system must be:

(1) Responsive. Any materiel system, military or civilian, must be

responsive. The system should respond to each demand placed upon it and provide
the right item to the right place at the right time. The ultimate objective of
responsiveness is to achieve a 100 percent customer satisfaction

(2) Economical. In addition to being responsive, the system must be

economical. By being economical, the system provides high quality materiel at
minimum cost. If a materiel system is not economical, it cannot exist for any period of
time.

(3) Manageable. Finally, a materiel system must be manageable all levels

of the scalar, or ladder-like, structure--integrated and interrelated, vertically and
horizontally.

b. A weakness in anyone of the principles of response, economy, or

management will have a corresponding effect on the other two. During this instruction,
we will see how the military materiel system of today meets and upholds these
principles.

1-3. MEDICAL SUPPLY--A SEPARATE SYSTEM

a. The Army Medical Department (AMEDD) adheres to the three basic supply
principles already mentioned and, at the same time, operates a medical materiel system
separate from that used for other commodities. By that, we mean medical supply
officers manage, control, and supervise the issuance of medical materiel worldwide.
The awareness of and the sympathetic feeling of the AMEDD supply personnel towards
the needs of doctors, nurses, and other professional personnel to ensure a responsive
medical materiel supply system.

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 b. There are other reasons for the special handling of medical supplies. Among
them are the characteristics of medical commodities that frequently require specialized
and highly technical handling, shipping, and storage; special usage; and consumption
by a single user.

c. The medical supply system worldwide has a record of fulfilling the needs of its
customers by a percentage far above the average of all Army supply. It strives to
maintain better than a 95 percent fill ("customer satisfaction") of initial demands placed
on it in the time frame specified by the customer.
1-4. LOGISTICS DEFINED
Before proceeding further, we must define the term logistics in order to enlarge
our communication base. Logistics is the science of planning and carrying out the
movement and maintenance of forces, specifically the materiel, personnel, facilities, and
services of those forces. During this instruction, our attention will be directed toward
materiel (supplies and equipment) and services, with the emphasis on supply.
1-5. THE MILITARY'S WHOLESALE-RETAIL SUPPLY CONCEPT
The military--much like its civilian counterparts--uses the terms "wholesale" and
"retail" for its two supply levels. Briefly, these two levels are described below.
a. Wholesale Level. At the wholesale level, bulk quantities of materiel used by
the military services are planned for and provided. The wholesaler's functions include
development, requirements, determination, procurement, distribution, maintenance, and
disposal. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and some of its subordinate elements
are the wholesalers--the middlemen between manufacturer and retailer.
b. Retail Level. The retailer places the specific demands for supplies and
equipment with the wholesaler, maintains accounts for, and distributes stock to the
users. Supply functions performed by the installation supply support activity and the
Installation Medical Supply Activity (IMSA) is at the retail level.
c. Users. Organizations, activities, units, and individuals are the users. The
users of Army medical materiel primarily are the Table of Organization and Equipment
(TOE) or the Table of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) medical organizations in the
United States (US) and the TOE medical facilities in a theater of operations (TO).
Included among all these organizations are the Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC),
and the US Army Community Hospital under its command, the Army Medical Center,
the MEDCEN Hospital, the Dental" Activity (DENTAC), and numerous TOE medical
units.

d. Requests. The retailer (IMSA) fills supply requests received from the units
and organizations, which uses the supplies to accomplish a mission task (that is, treat
patients, operate a dental clinic, and so forth). Like a retail department store, the
installation activity maintains stock on the shelf for the various unit/organization needs,
and it issues the supplies and equipment upon request to the units/organizations.

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1-6. HISTORY OF THE MILITARY MATERIEL SYSTEM

a. For a few moments, let us examine the history of the military materiel system.
The Constitution states the "Congress shall raise and support armies." From the word
"support," we can derive the need for a materiel system.

b. Since the end of World War II, many changes have taken place to bring about
the materiel system we have today. Initially, the military departments had individual
separate materiel systems. Shortly after World War II, the US Army and US Navy
(USN) combined their procurement functions of medical materiel. This was the first of
the single manager-ships that were to follow.
c. Later, single manager-ships were designed for all materiel in the Armed
Forces. The USN, for instance, became the single manager of medical materiel and the
Army, the single manager for subsistence, clothing and textiles and petroleum, oils, and
lubricants (POL).

d. Then in October 1961, the Secretary of Defense established the Defense

Supply Agency (DSA) recently retitled the DLA, to provide the Department of Defense
(DOD) common supplies and service support to the military departments and operate a
"wholesale distribution system."

Section II. DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

1-7. INTRODUCTION

The DLA is an agency of the DOD operating directly under the authority and control of
the Secretary of Defense and subject to DOD policies, directives, and instructions. The
DLA consists of a director, a deputy director, a deputy director for acquisition
management, a headquarters, and 27 primary level field activities and their subordinate
activities. The DLA is staffed by over 53,000 civilians and military personnel from all of
the military services.

1-8. MISSION
The DLA mission is to provide specified logistic support to the military services,
to other DOD components, and to various Federal civil agencies. The three main areas
of logistic support provided by DLA are described below.

a. Supply Support. The DLA is responsible for procuring, storing, and

distributing common-type consumable items (non-consumables and items peculiar to
weapons systems are managed by the military services.)

b. Logistic Services. The DLA is responsible for the administration of a variety

of DOD programs, including the Federal Catalog System; the Materiel Utilization
Program; the Research and Technology Information System; the Surplus Property
Disposal Program; and the Standardization Program for most of the commodities
assigned to DLA. In addition, DLA furnishes specific administrative and technical
services, ranging from housekeeping and office support to the operation of a supply
management data bank.

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 c. Contract Administration Services. The DLA provides contract
administration services for DOD, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), and other Federal agencies and foreign governments, when requested.
1-9. ORGANIZATION

The agency headquarters, located at Cameron Station, Alexandria, VA, is

responsible for the policy development and the control and management of the agency.
Supply support activities are carried out by DLA supply centers and DLA managed
depots. Logistics services are furnished by the DLA service centers. The Defense
Contract Administration Services Regions provide contract assistance. Figure 1-1
shows the complete organization.

Figure 1-1. Organization of the Defense Logistics Agency.

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1-10. DEFENSE SUPPLY CENTERS

The supply centers are responsible for procurement, inventory control, and
distribution of the assigned items of supply for the military services and other
designated agencies. They provide all supply management services such as requisition
processing, inventory and financial accounting, reporting billing, and collecting. The use
of a single agency for these services provides more economical and effective support
for users.

a. Defense Personnel Support Center. The Defense Personnel Support

Center (DPSC) located at Philadelphia, PA, is the largest of the DLA field activities. The
center was formed in July 1965 by consolidating the Defense Clothing and Textile
Center, the Defense Subsistence Supply Center, and the Defense Medical Supply
Center. The DPSC mission is procuring, testing, and distributing wholesale stocks of
food, clothing, and medical supplies to US Military Services worldwide and to other
authorized of" the Federal Government. It serves as the inventory control point (ICP) for
all assigned items.

b. Defense General Supply Center. The Defense General Supply Center

(DGSC) (Richmond, VA) provides the military services and other federal agencies with
a broad range of supply items. These include food service equipment, packaging
materials, electrical hardware and supplies, photographic supplies, materials handling
equipment, rubber fabricated materials, and cleaning supplies and equipment.

c. Defense Industrial Supply Center. Defense Industrial Supply Center

(DISC), Philadelphia, PA, is responsible for supplying the military services with industrial
items such as shipyard hardware, abrasives, rope, cables, and fittings.

d. Defense Fuel Supply Center. The Defense Fuel Supply Center (DFSC)
Cameron Station, Alexandria, VA, procures bulk petroleum products and coal for
worldwide military requirements. Use of jet fuels and aviation gasoline accounts for the
most of the DFSC procurement. These and other bulk fuels are procured most often by
indefinite delivery contracts. The DFSC also contracts for storing and handling
Government owned fuel, servicing fuel and oil to Government aircraft at commercial
airports throughout the world, refueling services at USN and Marine Corps Air Stations,
storing mobilization reserve stocks, and testing fuels and lubricants.

e. Defense Construction Supply Center. The Defense Construction Supply

Center (DCSC), Columbus, OH, is the principal source of construction materials,
automotive and construction equipment components, and repair parts used by the
military services and federal agencies. These supplies range from common commercial
items such as lumber, gardening tools, and plumbing accessories, to complex repair
parts for mechanical, construction, and automotive equipment; and for military aircraft,
ships, submarines, combat vehicles, and missile systems. The center serves as the
ICP for these supplies, and has one of the principal distribution depots.

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 f. Defense Electronics Supply Center. The Defense Electronics Supply
Center (DESC), Dayton, OH, provides integrated management for the classes of
assigned electronic and electrical materiel in Federal Supply Group 59. The DESC
supplies electronic items to the military services and such federal activities as the Coast
Guard, Federal Aviation Agency, Maritime Administration, and NASA. Among the items
that DESC supplies are filters and networks, fuses and lighting arresters, circuit
breakers, switches, connectors, relays, antennas, wave-guides, capacitors, coils,
transformers, crystals, and electron tubes. The center serves as a designated ICP and
a specialized support depot for electronic items.

1-11. DEFENSE DEPOTS

The DLA managed materiel is received, stored, and issued from depots as
directed by the supply center managing the items. Under the DLA distribution system,
stocks are stored in depots close to the concentration of military customers and ports of
embarkation in the US. All requisitioning and stock control procedures are centralized
in the defense supply centers. In the continental United States (CONUS), the
requisition goes from the ordering activity through the Defense Automatic Addressing
System (DAAS) to the appropriate DLA supply center. The center then directs the DLA
depot to issue the supplies. In an overseas theater, the requisition goes from the direct
support unit (DSU) or general support (GSU) to the Materiel Management Center and
then to the Defense Automatic Addressing System (DAAS). The DAAS sends the
request to the appropriate DLA supply center. If the item is available, the depot
handling the items sends it to the container consolidation point. There are six principal
distribution depots, three specialized support depots, and a number of direct supply
support points (DSSP) in the system.

a. Principal Defense Depots. There are six activities that receive, store, and
issue supplies as directed by the managing DLA supply center. These activities are the
Defense Depot Mechanicsburg, the Defense Depot Memphis, the Defense Depot
Ogden, the Defense Depot Tracy, the Defense Depot Columbus, (reports directly to
DCSC), and the Defense Depot Richmond (reports directly to DGSC).

b. Specialized Support Depots. Three depots handling DLA items are called
specialized support depots because their commodity or distribution mission is
specialized and differs from that of other depots. The specialized depots are the Naval
Supply centers at Norfolk, VA, and Oakland, CA, and the DESC, Dayton, OH.

c. Direct Supply Support Points. The DLA operates these DSSP. They are
located at USN maintenance facilities and recruit processing center that use a large
amount of DLA controlled commodities.

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1-12. DEFENSE SERVICE CENTERS

The DLA service centers provide logistics services in such areas as cataloging
supplies (Federal Supply Catalog), selling surplus and salvage materiel, finance,
automation, handling scientific and technical document information, and managing idle
DOD owned property. Listed below are the DLA Defense Service Centers:

a. Defense Logistics Agency Administrative Support Center (DASC).

b. Defense Logistics Agency Finance Center (DFC).

c. Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center (DIPEC).

d. Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC).

e. Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC).

f. Defense Reutilization and Marketing Center (DRMS).

g. Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center (DSAC).

h. Defense Technical Information Center (OTIC).

1-13. DEFENSE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES REGIONS

The Deputy Director for Acquisition Management, with headquarters at Cameron

Station, VA, is responsible for providing a complete range of contract administration
services for DOD, DLA, NASA, and other Federal Agencies and foreign governments,
when requested. The Services include pre-award surveys, contract management,
quality control, monitoring contractor progress to ensure timely delivery of products and
services, payments to contractors, support to small businesses and labor surplus areas,
industrial security and industrial security training, and ensuring compliance with equal
employment opportunity regulations. The Defense Contract Administration Services
Regions (DCASRs) field offices are located at headquarters offices in Atlanta, Boston,
Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.

1-14. DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY INVENTORY CONTROL POINTS

An inventory control points (ICP) is an organizational unit within the supply

system and is assigned primary responsibility for the management of a group of items.
Inventory managers at the ICP are responsible for the materiel management of an item
or group of' assigned items. Materiel inventory management includes computing
requirements, managing distribution, cataloging, procuring, and directing disposal and
rebuilding. Defense Logistics Agency ICPs are located at the defense supply centers
and manages DOD common-use items until they are released to the respective military
services.

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 Section III. MEDICAL MATERIEL SUPPORT SYSTEM

1-15. WHOLESALE LEVEL OF MEDICAL SUPPLY

a. Now, let us examine the organization of the medical materiel support system
at the wholesale level. As stated earlier, the DPSC, an element of the DLA manages
three main commodities. These commodities are: (1) subsistence (food), (2) clothing
and textiles, and (3) medical materiel. For each commodity, there is a directorate who
manages the worldwide supply of wholesale stocks.

b. The Directorate of Medical Materiel of DPSC coordinates very closely with the
DPSC Director of Procurement and Production to insure that medical materiel is
obtained from qualified sources. He is also assisted by and coordinates with two other
agencies outside of the Defense Personnel Support Center. These agencies are the
Defense Medical Standardization Board (DMSB) and the United States Army Medical
Materiel Agency (USAMMA)

c. The DMSB is located at the DOD level. This board is composed of the US
Army, USN, and US Air Force (USAF) Surgeons General, one of who is appointed as
chairman. The board operates as a single point of contact for all professional/technical
matters regarding medical materiel. This board establishes the essential standard$ for
medical items, monitors all type I complaints and reviews all other complaints for
medical materiel. It provides professional and technical advice to the Directorate of
Medical Materiel, DPSC.*

d. The USAMMA is an activity under the command of the US Army Surgeon

General. This agency performs supply management functions and Army customer
assistance services. This agency also coordinates with the DPSC and assists in
requirement computations for medical materiel. Its mission is to assist the Surgeon
General in the execution of his responsibility for management of medical materiel
programs for Army--wide support of Army health services.

e. Within the office of the Army's Surgeon General, the organizational elements
that plan and supervise the Army medical materiel program are the Logistics Division
and the Army Medical Department Materiel Technical Committee.

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*Medical materiel that has been determined by use or test to be harmful or defective to
the extent that use has or may cause death or illness is classified as Type I
defective or unsatisfactory medical materiel. The suspected item will be
suspended from issue and use. A complaint will be designated as type I only
by a medical or dental officer who is familiar with the details of the complaint.
Circumstances will be reported immediately to the DPSC by the most expeditious
means of communication, that is, telephone call or immediate message.

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1-16. RETAIL LEVEL OF ARMY MEDICAL SUPPLY

a. The retail level of supply lies between the wholesale level and the user It is
service oriented (operated by the appropriate military

b. In the US, as far as the Army medical supply is concerned, the retail level
normally is the Installation Medical Supply Activity (IMSA) officer, who also is the
hospital medical supply officer.

c. In overseas commands, the retail level normally is the US Army Medical

Supply, Optical, and Maintenance Unit (MEDSOM) and the hospitals.

d. These retail level activities obtain their medical supplies from DPSC and
maintain a full range of medical materiel for the support of all user activities within their
areas of responsibility. In addition, they provide these activities with medical equipment,
maintenance support and usually optical fabrication, and repair services.

1-17. NONMEDICAL MATERIEL SUPPORT SYSTEM

While organizations and users (hospitals, health clinics, medical laboratories, and
so forth) must order medical supplies and equipment through the IMSA officer, who is
supported primarily by the DLA's DPSC. They must order non-medical items such as
file cabinets, office desks, and typewriters through the installation consolidated supply
officer. The organizations that provide wholesale non-medical materiel support to the
consolidated supply officer are the DLA, the General Services Administration (GSA),
and the United States Army Materiel Command (USAMC).

1-18. THE USING LEVEL

Hospitals and their personnel (physicians. dentists. nurses. pharmacists. And so

forth) and TOE units and their personnel are examples of users of medical supplies.
Many of these organizations and people operate under the command and control of the
Health Services Command (HSC), US Army. The health service center is a major
command of the Army. Table of Organization and Equipment medical units operate
under the control of US Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), which is a major
command on the same level as HSC.

1-19. HOSPITAL LOGISTICS DIVISION (FOR EITHER MEDCEN HOSPITAL OR

UNITED STATES ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL)

a. The mission of the Logistics Division in either a MEDCEN hospital or a US.

Army community hospital is to provide or arrange for the equipment, supplies, and
services necessary to support the health care delivery mission of the MEDCEN or
MEDDAC and the requirements of other activities as authorized.
b. The Logistics Division consists of the Office of the Chief and the following
branches: the Materiel Branch, the Property Management Branch, the Medical

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Maintenance Branch, the Service Branch, and other branches authorized by the
commander and dependent primarily on the size of the hospital to include the
Housekeeping Branch, Optical Fabrication Branch, Contracting Branch, Materiel
Distribution Branch, and Engineer Liaison Office (see figures 1-2 and 1-3).

Figure 1-2. Various branches of a typical MEDDAC US Army community

hospital logistics division.

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 Figure 1-3. Various branches and offices of a typical MEDCEN hospital
logistics division.

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 c. Functions of the various branches include:

(1) Office of the Chief.

(a) Conduct of studies, evaluation and analyses of directives, reports,

and appropriate statistics with the objective of improved logistical efficiency and
economy within the MEDCEN/MEDDAC.

(b) Coordination of all supply and maintenance aspects of the

MEDCEN/MEDDAC medical, dental, and veterinary support missions.

(c) Development of the operating program for the division.

(d) Serves as the Program Director for the Branch Office of the Army
Stock Fund at HSC installations or as the Manager of the Medical Materiel Category
(MAT CAT C) of the Army Stock Fund at other US Army Medical Center
(MEDCEN)/MEDDAC’s. This function includes supply management, budget
development, and full coordination with the comptroller, branch office directors, and
sub-home offices as authorized.

(e) Development of the equipment section of the TDA in coordination

with the Force Development Officer.

(f) Development of equipment requirements and authorizations under

the Medical Care Support Equipment Program (MEDCASE).

(g) Liaison with host installation staff elements as necessary.

(h) Development and operation of appropriate training programs.

(i) Evaluation of supply and maintenance practices employed at the

user level

(j) Development of the logistics portion of the command-operating

program.

(k) Development and operation of the energy conservation program for

the command as prescribed by the host installation.

(l) Program and budget responsibilities for the Logistics Division.

(m) Serves as or designation of a Logistics Division Officer to serve as

the MEDDAC Safety Officer when authorized by the commander. Responsibility for this
function may also be placed in the Personnel Division or the Health and Environment
Activity.

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 (2) Materiel Branch.

(a) Inventory Management Section.

1 Management of medical materiel.

2 Maintenance of formal stock records with related register and

documents and assignment of Management Control Numbers to non-standard items.

3 Computation of peacetime and mobilization requirements and

acquisition of required materiel.

4 Dissemination of Quality Control information and instructions

pertaining to the utilization, suspension, extension of expiration dates, and disposition of
materiel.

5 Consolidated management of financial matters relating to

materiel and equipment utilized by all supported activities, including Army Stock Funds,
consumer and other appropriations.

6 Review and validation of reports and other financial data

concerning the Army Stock Fund. When required, appropriate corrective action is
initiated in order to meet management objectives. Narrative analysis are prepared and
submitted as required.

(b) Storage and Distribution Section.

1 Control of receipts, storage, inventory, preservation, and issue

of all materiel included in warehouse stocks.

2 Delivery and pickup service, except for linen service.

(3) Property Management Branch.

(a) Development and implementation of policies necessary to

effectively manage all command property.

(b) Maintenance of a central hospital property book for all property

except organizational clothing and equipment. When desired by the commander and
approved by HQ HSC, other command element property books may be maintained.

(c) When authorized by the commander, a separate Property Control

Section may be established.

(d) Plans and programs for projected equipment requirements under

the Medical Care Support Equipment Program.

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 (4) Medical Maintenance Branch.

(a) Operation of a medical equipment repair activity to provide repair

services, including in-house, contractual, and depot services.

(b) Cyclic preventive maintenance program for medical equipment.

(c) Establishment and provision of safety inspections and/or testing,

primarily for medical equipment, in active health care facilities.

(d) Provision for cyclic calibration of medical equipment as required.

(e) Provision for maintenance of historical equipment records,

equipment density listings, and other required records.

(f) Establishment and operation of repair parts and maintenance float

programs.

(g) Coordination and/or supervision of satellite medical maintenance

activities, when applicable.

(h) Provision of allied medical equipment support services in support of

Radiological Health and Safety Act (21 CFR), Medical Care Support Equipment
(MEDCASE) Program, and other programs as required.

(i) Provide inspection and testing programs for medical electrical or

electronic equipment safety in accordance with TB MED 286 with emphasis on
electrically susceptible patient locations (ESPL).

(5) Service Branch.

(a) Establishing standards for and the provision of housekeeping

services.

1 When housekeeping is performed through contract, Chief,

Service Branch, will insure necessary inspection and supervisory controls are
performed.

2 When the hospital has a workload of greater than 500 health

care composite units (HCCU’s) and the housekeeping services are provided by
assigned personnel, a separate branch may be established.

(b) Provision of coordination for transportation services other than

ambulance or personal services. The delivery and pickup function of the Materiel
Branch (paragraph c (2 ) (b) 2 above) is excluded.

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 1 Emergency ambulance services are the responsibility of the
Chief, Department of Primary Care and Community Medicine.

2 This service may include patient transportation ambulance

services when authorized by the commander. When necessary, requirements for
medical attendants will be coordinated with the Chief, Department of Nursing.

(c) Operation of the linen management program within the activity and
the provision of all linen services.

(d) Evaluation, consolidation, and submission of requests Directorate

of Facilities Engineering (DFAE) support from all organizational elements. This includes
maintaining status of job order requests and coordinating schedules of the requesting
service with the facility engineer to accomplish jobs with the least possible disruption of
medical care activities.

(e) Coordination of operation and repair of non-medical electronic

equipment with the Installation Director for Communications and Electronics (DCE).

(6) Other branches. Establishment of other branches, when authorized by

the commander, will be dependent primarily on the size of the hospital. As appropriate,
the following branches may be established:

(a) Housekeeping Branch. Also see paragraph c (5) above.

(b) Optical Fabrication Branch. This branch is established at and

operated in the Logistics Division of select activities, except at Fitzsimons Army Medical
Center (FAMC), as authorized by HQ HSC. At FAMC, the Optical Fabrication
Laboratory will be under the supervision of the Executive Officer. Functions include:

1 Fabrication and repair of spectacles for authorized beneficiaries

on an area support basis.

2 Fabrication and repair of related ocular items.

(c) Contracting Branch. This branch is established and operated in the

Logistics Division at select MEDCEN's as authorized by headquarters (HQ) HSC
Functions include:

1 Performance of the procurement mission.

2 Provision of local purchase support to installation and activity

elements, tenant activities, and satellites. For those MEDCEN’s that are tenants on an
installation of another command, local purchase support is for medical materiel and
allied services only.

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 (d) Engineer liaison Office. This activity is established at and operated
in the logistics Division at select MEDCEN’s as authorized by HQ HSC. Functions
include:

1 Coordination with the installation DFAE on matters pertaining to

Real Property Maintenance Activities (RPMA).

2 Evaluation, consolidation, and submission of request for DFAE

support. Coordination is effected with the installation DFAE on matters concerning
establishment of priorities for work accomplishment and minimizing the disruption of
health care activities.

3 Submission to the DFAE, on an annual basis, the OMA

(Operation and Maintenance Army) funded construction, maintenance, and repair
requirements for inclusion in the host installation annual work plan. Those maintenance
and repair requirements not accomplished in the past fiscal year are reported for
inclusion in the host installation backlog of maintenance and repair (BMAR) program.

4 Development of justification for urgently needed minor

construction projects.

(e) Materiel Distribution Branch. This activity is established and

operated in the logistics division at selected MEDDACs/MEDCEN as authorized by HQ
HSC. Functions include:

1 Requests, receives, stores, and issues in unit of measure,

common-use expendable supply items.

2 Provides common-use supply items to patient care areas

removing supply responsibilities from health care providers.

3 Exchanges, inventories, and replenishes mobile storage carts

and stationery storage cabinets.

4 Provides costing data to resource management division usage

of consumable materiel by account processing codes.

5 Maintains stocks of operational maintenance, Army owned,

expendable supply items for restock of carts, cabinets, and over-the-counter issues.

6 Possible operation of an equipment exchange pool.

7 Provides customer assistance in establishing and maintaining

shelf and cart levels.

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 d. The IMSA officer, who often doubles as the hospital medical supply officer,
normally has his office in the Materiel Branch of the MEDDAC or MEDCEN hospital.
The IMSA is an integral part of the AMEDD Activity or Medical Center
(MEDDAC/MEDCEN) located on the installation, and is staffed by qualified AMEDD
personnel. The Army MEDDAC/MEDCEN commander or a member of his staff who is
the IMSA is responsible for total medical supply support of all MEDDAC/MEDCEN
organizational activities and all designated units and activities on the installation and
within his assigned geographic area. The Chief, Logistics Division, is responsible to the
MEDDAC/MEDCEN commander for operation and maintenance of the IMSA.

e. The MEDDAC or MEDCEN hospital property book officer is located in the

Property Management Branch.

1-20. TABLE OF ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT MEDICAL UNITS

Included in the Army-in-the-field operations is TOE medical units that fall under
the control of FORSCOM. These are combat service support type units. The TOE
hospitals are essentially organized the same as fixed hospitals. The unit supplies
officer requests medical materiel from the medical retail activity in his geographical
area. For all other supplies and equipment, such as vehicles or weapons, requests are
sent to the supporting consolidated supply officer who will obtain them for the unit.

1-21. A CAPSULE OF THE MEDICAL SUPPLY SYSTEM

Summarizing what has been discussed previously; we see that medical materiel
is the concern of the IMSA officer (medical supply officer). His source for medical
materiel is the Director of Medical Materiel, DPSC, which is the ICP for all common
medical items.

a. Installation supply officers requisition the common items of supply and

equipment from the various commodity centers of the DLA (medical supplies from the
DPSC.

b. The supply center (for example, DPSC) directs a depot (which stores the
supplies) to ship the requisitioned materiel to the installation.

c. The IMSA officer receives, stores, and issues the materiel to the
organizations and users who have requested the items. In some cases, the
organizations receive materiel directly from the depot on a "throughput" (direct delivery)
basis.

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1-22. MEDICAL SUPPLY AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT IN A THEATER OF
OPERATIONS

a. Medical supply and maintenance support is considered to be an integral part

of the health services delivery system. As such, units providing this support throughout
the TO are under the operational control of the command surgeon at each level. Since
medical units are the principal beneficiaries of medical supply and maintenance support,
these services are completely oriented and responsive to these consumers and the
entire medical supply system is geared to provide priority service. Consequently,
medical supply organizations are located in close proximity to medical units rather than
to tactical forces as is the case with direct or general support, general supply elements.
In the TO, the number and concentration of medical units increase rearward; therefore,
quantities of medical supplies consumed and the density of medical equipment to be
maintained are inverse to that of other services with respect to the depth of the
battlefield.

b. Major users of medical supplies receive their supplies from their supporting
MEDSOM unit. Generally, one MEDSOM is allocated to each Corps in the combat
zone and additional MEDSOM’s are assigned to the medical command in the
communications zone as necessary.

c. Major user’s of medical supplies (such as medical battalions and hospitals) in

both the combat zone and the communications zone receive their medical supply
support directly from the supporting MEDSOM. Support is usually on a supply point
basis with the unit picking up medical supplies from the supporting MEDSOM. Where
necessary, transportation assets from the corps or theater Army transportation unit
deliver supplies to major users. Medical supply, optical, and maintenance’s receive the
majority of their supplies directly from the National ICP in CONUS (DPSC). Large
volume customers (such as hospitals) may receive their supplies from CONUS via
throughput distribution. Medical supply support to smaller volume users is generally
provided on an area support basis with units drawing support from a designated major
medical unit in their area.

NOTE: Throughput--the direct delivery of supplies from the depot to the using unit--is
the most desirable distribution method where practical.

Continue with Exercises

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EXERCISES, LESSON 1

INSTRUCTIONS: The following exercises are to be answered by marking the

lettered response that best answers the question or by completing the incomplete
statement or by writing the answer in the space provided.

After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the
end of the lesson and check your answers.

1. The primary reason the Army medical supply system responds so well as a
separate supply system is because:

a. Medical supply people are aware of the lifesaving needs of professional

personnel.

b. Many medical items require specialized handling for their transportation and
preservation.

c. Users of medical commodities are limited to medically trained personnel.

d. Medical items are limited in use to medical treatment.

2. An effective supply system must:

a. Be economical.

b. Be interrelated and integrated at all levels.

c. Provide necessary items when and where needed.

d. All of the above.

3. The US Army medical supply system strives to maintain better than a ______
percent fill of initial demands placed on it in the time frame specified by the customer.

a. 100.

b. 95.

c. 80.

d. 70.

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4. The two levels of military supply are called:

a. Consumer and supplier.

b. Organization and depot.

c. Wholesale and retail.

d. Unit and installation.

5. Which of the following is at the wholesale level of military supply operations?

a. An installation consolidated supply office.

b. The Materiel Branch of a US Army community hospital.

c. An installation medical supply office.

d. The Defense Logistics Agency.

6. Defense Logistics managed medical items are shipped from:

a. Defense Logistics Agency depots.

b. The Defense Personnel Support Center at Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

c. The Directorate of Medical Materiel.

d. Defense Logistics Agency service centers.

7. Most medical materiel used by the Army is initially procured by:

a. The Surgeon General, Department of the Army.

b. The Defense Personnel Support Center.

c. The US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

d. The US Army Medical Materiel Agency.

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8. Major field activities of the Defense Logistics Agency consists of

a. Depots, maintenance centers, and contract administration centers.

b. Supply support centers, plans and programs centers, and service

organizations.

c. Depots, comptroller centers, and service centers.

d. Service centers, supply support centers, depots, and contract administrative

service centers.

9. The agency that serves as the inventory control point (ICP) of medical materiel for
the Army, Navy, and Air force is:

a. The US Army Medical Materiel Agency.

b. The Defense Personnel Support Center.

c. The Defense Medical Standardization Board.

d. Any of the choices listed above.

10. All but which one of the following are members of the Defense Medical
Standardization Board:

a. The Surgeon General, Marine Corps.

b. The Surgeon General, Air Force.

c. The Surgeon General, Army.

d. The Surgeon General, Navy.

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11. The Defense Medical Standardization Board:

a. Procures medical materiel for other Federal agencies and allied countries.

b. Computes medical materiel requirements for each military service.

c. Protects the quality of medical materiel stocked for military use.

d Procures wholesale Quantities of medical materiel.

12. Circumstances regarding medical materiel that has been determined to be harmful
enough to cause death or illness should be reported to the Defense Personnel Support
Center:

a. Immediately.

b. With-in 24 hours.

c. With-in 12 hours.

d. With-in 48 hours.

13. In which branch or office of a MEDCEN hospital or US Army community hospital

logistics division are formal stock records maintained?

a. Property Management Branch.

b. Medical Maintenance Branch.

c. Materiel Branch.

d. Logistics Resources Office.

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14. The logistics division of a MEDDAC US Army community hospital basically
consists of _________ branches.

a. Three.

b. Four.

c. Eight.

d. Nine.

15. Which branch in a MEDCEN or US Army community hospital provides linen

service?

a. Service Branch.

b. Housekeeping Branch.

c. Supply Branch.

d. Property Management Branch.

16. Emergency ambulance services in a MEDCEN or US Army community hospital is

the responsibility of the Chief of the:

a. Service Branch.

b. Department of Medicine.

c. Logistics Resources Office.

d. Department of Primary Care and Community Medicine.

Check Your Answers on Next Page

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SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES, LESSON 1

1. a (para 1-3a)

2. d (para 1-2a)

3. b (para 1-3c)

4. c (para 1-5)

5. d (para 1-5a )

6. a (para 1-11)

7. b (para’s 1-10, 1-10a)

8. d (para 1-9, figure 1-1)

9. b (para 1-10a)

10. a (para 1-15c)

11. c (para 1-15c)

12. a (para 1-15c, footnote)

13. c (para 1-19c (2) (a) 2)

14. b (figure 1-2)

15. a (para 1-19c (5) (c))

16. d (para 1-19c (5) (b) 1)

End of Lesson 1

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 LESSON ASSIGNMENT

LESSON 2 Federal Supply Catalog and Other Medical Supply

Publications.

TEXT ASSIGNMENT Paragraphs 2-1 through 2-39

LESSON OBJECTIVES After completion of this lesson, you should be able

to:

2-1. Identify the parts of a National Stock Number.

2-2. List the advantages of standardization.

2-3. Locate requested information by using the

Medical Catalog.

2-4. Identify publications used in medical

logistics management.

SUGGESTION It is strongly recommended that you familiarize

yourself with the extracts found in the Appendix of this
subcourse and complete the exercises at the end of
the lesson.

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 LESSON 2

FEDERAL SUPPLY CATALOG AND OTHER MEDICAL SUPPLY PUBLICATIONS

Section I. INTRODUCTION

2-1. GENERAL

a. However complex supply matters seem, help in clarifying them is no farther

away than the proper publication. Basic to good execution of a supply job at any level is
knowledge of where to find needed information and how to locate it in any particular
publication. This knowledge of sources of information and instruction and the skill in
using them simplifies the complex tasks of supplying the US Army.

b. The Federal Supply Catalog is the publication most widely and specifically
used in military supply operations. Any requisition or turn-in of standard repetitive
supply items is based on the information supplied by the Federal Supply Catalog.

c. Every individual whose duties in any way entail use of, or requests for,
supplies to support the work of his assignment or the troops for whom he is responsible,
needs to know how to use the Federal Supply Catalog to ensure that he gets the exact
items required to accomplish his unit's missions.

2-2. FEDERAL SUPPLY CATALOG, MEDICAL CATALOG

Every request for medical materiel must be fulfilled accurately. The very nature
of patient care demands that there be no error. As an AMEDD member concerned with
supply, you must know how to use the Federal catalog system. The Federal Supply
Catalog, Medical Catalog, printed on microfiche, is the basic source document for
medical materiel. A working knowledge of the catalog will enable you to better
understand the supply system.

2-3. 20,000 MEDICAL MATERIEL ITEMS

There are more than three million standard items in the DOD supply system.
There are approximately 20,000 items of medical materiel alone. The Federal Supply
Catalog, Medical Catalog, is the tool for identifying specific medical items in this vast
universe.

2-4. NEED FOR "COMMON LANGUAGE"

After World War II, it was apparent that not all supply people spoke the same
language. Each branch of the Armed Services had its own system for supply. Within
the US Army itself, the "technical services" were using different systems of cataloging,
numbering, and identifying items of supply. Since some identical items were stocked by
the Armed Services, but called by different names and carried under different stock

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numbers, a degree of duplication and confusion existed. Therefore, the need for a
"common language" was recognized as the goal for the DOD supply system.

2-5. DEFENSE CATALOGING AND STANDARDIZATION ACT

a. After a series of studies, the Congress of the US passed a law granting

authority for the development of a Federal catalog program. This act, known as the
Defense Cataloging and Standardization Act of 1952, directed that Federal catalog data
would be used in all functions of supply from original purchase to final disposition. The
program provided for a "common language" system in the form of supply classifications,
item names, item descriptions, and item identifications to be used throughout the DOD.

b. The Defense Cataloging and Standardization Act of 1952 provided one key
word--standardization. The idea behind the Act was that if everyone in the military and
those associated with the military called a specific item by the same name, identified it
by the same stock number, used the same description, and classified the item in the
same manner, then everyone would speak a "common language." Consequently, when
we speak of a standard item of supply today, we are speaking of an item that has met
all the requirements of the DOD and the Defense Medical Standardization Board. It has
been adopted for use in the DOD supply system and hence will be found in the Federal
Supply Catalog as a "standard" item. All other items are considered as nonstandard.

2-6. ADVANTAGES OF STANDARDIZATION

Some of the advantages of standardization are:

a. Promote central procurement.

b. Encourage item standardization.

c. Improve specifications.

d. Reduce inspection and testing.

e. Provide better utilization of resources

f. Establish a single Government-wide language of item identification.

g. Permit employment of uniform financial accounting systems.

2-7. DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

a. As for organization and responsibilities, the DOD has the mission and
responsibility for the development and maintenance of a single catalog system for the
military establishment. The DLA has been established as an activity under DOD on the
same level as the Secretary of the USAF, US Navy, and the US Army, and is

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responsible for administration of the Federal Catalog System, DOD Section. The DLA
is also responsible for providing common supply and service support to the military
departments.

b. The DPSC and other DLA defense supply centers manage certain categories
of supplies. The DPSC is the commodity manager for subsistence, clothing and
textiles, and medical materiel. The Directorate of Medical Materiel, DPSC, is
responsible for the procurement of common type medical materiel for the DOD, and is
responsible for the preparation, publication, distribution, and maintenance of the
medical materiel section of the catalog.

2-8. NAME, DESCRIPTION, AND STOCK NUMBER FOR EACH ITEM OF SUPPLY

These objectives have been implemented in the Federal Supply Catalog

in the form of a Federal name, Federal description, and national stock number (NSN) for
each item of supply.

a. The Federal name answers the Question, "what is it, or what is it for?"
Regardless of the activities designed for an item, anyone who will use the item will be
able to refer to a standard name for the item.

b. The Federal description simply supplements the Federal name by depicting in

words the essential characteristics of the item.

c. Just as your social security number (SSN) identifies you from all other
individuals in the military personnel area, national stock numbers identify specific line
items of supply. Breaking down the NSN into its component parts should illustrate the
classification system used by the DOD.

2-9. BREAKDOWN OF NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER

The NSN is a unique 13-digit number that specifically identifies an item. The
national stock number, you might say, is "where we put a handle on a specific item of
supply," The NSN is divided into two parts (figure 2-1). The first part, consisting of the
first four digits, is the Federal supply classification (FSC) code. The second part,
consisting of the remaining nine digits, is the national item identification number (NIIN),
which uniquely identifies the item. The NATO country code number appears in national
stock numbers as either 00 or 01 for US items. Other NATO countries have a
designated number, that is, Federal Republic of West Germany as number 12.

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FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASSIFICATION (FSC) GROUP 65
(INDICATES THE FEDERAL GROUP TO WHICH
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN ASSIGNED)

FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASSIFICATION (FSC) CODE 6515-

(INDICATES THE FEDERAL CLASS TO WHICH
THE ITEM HAS BEEN ASSIGNED)

NATIONAL ITEM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (NIIN)

(INDICATES NATIONAL ITEM IDENTIFICATION -00-316-5200
NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THIS PARTICULAR ITEM)

Figure 2-1. Analysis of NSN 6515-00-316-5200.

2-10. FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASSIFICATION CODE
The FSC code is further divided into two parts.
a. The first part, consisting of the first two digits of the FSC code, represents the
FSC group. Groups of supply are numbered from 10 to 99. For example, all weapons,
such as the M16, are found in Group 10. Group 65 contains most items of medical
materiel that you deal with in medical supply. Some medical items, however, are
classified in other groups. Examples of this are refrigerators used to store whole blood,
that are in Group 41, medical laboratory items in Group 66, and empty compressed gas
cylinders in Group 81. Such medical items belonging to groups other than 65 have
been extracted from their respective Federal Supply Catalog and published as sections
of the medical materiel catalog.
b. The second part of the FSC, consisting of the second two digits of the FSC
code, represents the classes within a group. Classes are smaller subdivisions within
the group. There are ten classes within the 6500 group, as follows:
(1) Federal supply classification Class 6505--Drugs, Biological, and Official
Reagents.
(2) Federal supply classification Class 6508--Medicated Cosmetics and
Toiletries.

(3) Federal supply classification Class 6510--Surgical Dressing Materials.

(4) Federal supply classification Class 6515--Medical and Surgical
Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies.
(5) Federal supply classification Class 6520--Dental Instruments,
Equipment, and Supplies.
(6) Federal supply classification Class 6525--X-Ray Equipment and
Supplies: Medical, Dental, and Veterinary.

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 (7) Federal supply classification Class 6530--Hospital Furniture, Equipment,
Utensils, and Supplies.

(8) Federal supply classification Class 6532--Hospital and Surgical Clothing

and Related Special Purpose Items.
(9) Federal supply classification Class 6540--0pticians' Instruments,
Equipment, and Supplies.
(10) Federal supply classification Class 6545--SKO.
2-11. NATIONAL ITEM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
a. The second part of the NSN, known as the NIIN, consists of the last nine
digits. These nine digits are unique in that they specifically identify an item of supply; no
other supply item in the whole universe of supply has the same NIIN. Thus, we have
"put a handle" on an item through the use of the NSN. The NIIN stays with the item as
long as the item remains in the supply system.

b. A specific example of a NSN is the one analyzed in figure 2-1. It is the

number for a certain ureteral catheter. The 6515 is the class number to that the
catheter has been assigned and the 00-316-5200 is the NIIN assigned to the catheter.
2-12. ADVANTAGES OF NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER
For many years, the NSN, that represents the FSC system, has had several
advantages.
a. First, the NSN has been uniform in its use, length, and structure.
b. Second, FSC has been stable because the national item identification number
never changed; however, the code could change if the item was reclassified from one
class to another class.
c. Third, the NSN has been adaptable, particularly in the area of the automatic
data processing system.
d. Fourth, the NSN has been simple and easily recognized.

Section II. USING THE MEDICAL CATALOG

2-13. GENERAL

The current Medical Catalog is produced on microfiche and incorporates all of

the supply information that was found in the old paper booklet catalogs.

2-14. MEDICAL CATALOG

The catalog is divided into three volumes:

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 a. Volume I. Contains the Introduction Material and the Supply Management
Data for all cataloged medical items. Items are placed in alphabetical order within
FSCs.
b. Volume II. Contains the Medical Set, Kits, and Outfits (SKO) Component
Listing. These SKO’s are normally found in medical field units and are authorized by
the Modified Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE).
c. Volume III. Contains the Master Cross Reference List (MCRL) relating the
NSN to a venders published catalog number (reference I). The MCRL is organized
three ways: NSN, Vendor, and Reference Number.
2-15. ILLUSTRATIONS
Volumes II and I contain representative (rather than exact) illustrations of certain
items. When an illustration is incomplete, the statement "DRAWING IN PROCESS" will
show.
2-16. MICROFICHE FORMAT
Each fiche has 270 frames. The bottom right frame (#270) is the Index frame. It
lists what items are contained on the fiche. The top boarder of the fiche lists information
about the catalog (that is, Date, FSC, Fiche #, Volume I). The fiche is organized by
alphanumeric. The columns going from left to right are numbers (#1-#18). The rows
going from top to bottom are letters (A-O). Figure 2-2 shows the location of fiche frame
K-05.

Figure 2-2. Microfiche format.

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2-17. INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

The DLA publishes a series of booklets, which are used in conjunction with the
microfiche catalog. It is designed to provide general information required to interpret
and effectively use the microfiche publication. The booklet for the Medical Catalog is
entitled, Introduction to Federal Supply Catalogs and Related Publications, Volume 20,
Federal Supply Catalog, Medical Catalog. Updates of this booklet will be furnished
through complete revisions or as required.

2-18. PURPOSE

The Medical Catalog is published to provide descriptive, illustrative,

management, and reference data for the selection and identification of items to support
the medical community.

2-19. USE

The Medical Catalog is used to:

a. Obtain descriptive data when only a NSN is known.

b. Obtain management data on a medical item (that is, price, unit of issue (UI),
and so forth).

c. Obtain packing and packaging data on medical items.

d. Obtain requisitioning/ordering information of medical items.

2-20. FREQUENCY AND MAINTENANCE

A complete new basic edition of the Medical Catalog will be produced monthly.
Each publication is a complete basic catalog and supersedes all previous publications.

2-21. FORMAT AND DISPLAY MEDIA

a. The Medical Catalog is published on microfiche that has been reduced by a

ratio of 48:1.

b. Each microfiche is identified by a title printed across the top of the microfiche,
readable without magnification. Examples of each Volume's Eye Readable Headers are
as follows:
(1) Volume I, Introduction.

MEDICAL CATALOG IDENTIFICATION/MANAGEMENT DATA 03/89

VOLUME I AS OF 01/19/89 INTRODUCTION 001

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 (2) Volume I Data: Descriptive Data:

MEDICAL CATALOG IDENTIFICATION/MANAGEMENT DATA 03/89

VOLUME I AS OF 01/19/89 FSC 3010 BELLOWS PRESSURE 001

(3) Volume II Introduction.

MEDICAL CATATLOG SETS/KITS/OUTFITS INTRODUCTION

VOLUME II COMPONENTS AS OF 01/19/89 03/89 001

(4) Volume II Data; Components--Sets/kits/Outfits.

MEDICAL CATALOG SETS/KITS/OUTFITS (SKO) 6545-00-664-0358

VOL. II COMPONENTS AS OF 01/19/89 03/89 001

(5) Volume III Data: Master Cross Reference List .

Master Cross Reference List--03/89 AS OF 01/19/89 A 001

Master Cross Reference List--2 03/89 AS OF 01/19/89 00 000 064 001

Master Cross Reference List--3 03/89 AS OF 01/19/89 01379 001

2-22. VOLUME I INTRODUCTION

Volume I of the Medical Catalog contains an Introduction and Illustrative/

Description Section as follows:

a. Important Notice Block. Information of special importance to the publication

will be contained in this block located on the Identification/Cover Frame of the
Introduction fiche.

b. Microfiche Instructions. Instructions are listed on how to properly use the

microfiche to locate data needed.

c. Introduction. The introduction explains the contents and use of data in the
publication.

d. Abbreviations. The abbreviations used in the publication are the

standard abbreviations appearing in the Defense Integrated Data Systems (DIDS)
Procedures Manual Volume 10, Table 178 DOD 4100.39-M). This index will be
sequenced in alphabetical order.

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 e. Commercial and Government Entity Index. The Commercial and
Government Entity (CAGE) index identifies all manufacturers, both foreign and
domestic, listed in the Medical Publication. It is arranged in alphanumeric sequence by
the five (5) digit CAGE code and is cross referenced to the manufacturer's complete
name and address (alpha characters in the first position of the CAGE code denotes a
foreign manufacturer.)
EXAMPLE OF CAGE INDEX

CODE NAME AND ADDRESS

66335 Wolf X-Ray Corp.

425 Hempstead Tpke.
West Hempstead, NY 11552

f. Colloquial to Approved Item Name Index. This index is provided as an aid

to users who know the Colloquial Name but not the Approved Item Name.
EXAMPLE OF COLLAQUIAL INDEX

COLLIQUIAL NAME APPROVED ITEM NAME

Bag, Medical Instrument, and See Satchel, Physicians
Supply Set

Cover, Hypodermic Needle See Envelope, Sterilization

Sterilization
g. Item Name Index. This index is a listing of all Item Names in the Medical
Catalog. The name that has been selected and delimited, where necessary, to
establish a basic concept of the Item of Supply. It may be a basic noun or a noun
phrase followed by those modifiers necessary to differentiate between item concepts for
items having the same basic noun. It is arranged in four (4) columns that consist of the
Item Name, FSC, Microfiche Number, and Frame Number. This index is provided as an
aid to the user in finding as item of supply in the publication when only the Item Name is
known.
EXAMPLE OF ITEM NAME INDEX

ITEM NAME FSC FICHE NO. FRAME NO.

Chair, Hospital Ward 6530 2 A02

Chair, Sitz Bath 6530 2 D02

Chair, Whirlpool Bath 6530 3 E03

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2-23. VOLUME I ILLUSTRATIVE AND IDENTIFICATION DATA

a. Illustrations (graphics) used in this publication are representative and mayor

may not actually depict an item of supply. They are included to aid in the identification
of items displayed in the descriptive section. They appear on the frame directly above
the associated characteristics data. Some item descriptions refer to or require no
illustrations, while others may require one or more, with a maximum of eight possible.
When an applicable drawing for an item description is not provided, the words
"DRAWING IN PROGRESS" will be printed in the space above the item description
where the drawing should have been displayed.

b. Descriptive Data appears immediately following the illustrations and may

appear in a narrative or tabular format, whichever is determined most effective to
display a group of like items. Items are sequenced by FSN, alphabetically by Item
Name within FSC, and by selected descriptive characteristics within Item Name. The
descriptive section includes the following.

(1) Item Name. The item name may appear immediately below the
illustration, as the first entry over the column heading for the descriptive data, or as the
first entry in the item description when the description appears in narrative format only.

(2) Item Number. A sequential number used for indexing purposes to locate
the particular item. Item numbers begins with "01" on each frame.

(3) National Stock Number. The NSN consists of the four (4) digit FSC and
the nine (9) digit NIIN. The FSC appears at the top of each frame. The NIIN is listed on
the left side of the frame.

(4) Item Description. The description is the clear text physical and
performance characteristics data on an item of supply. Those items that have the same
item name and characteristics are grouped together and are called "COMMON
VALUES." The common value statement appears on a line by itself between the tabular
headers and the descriptive data. All items listed below the common value statement
apply to the common value description. When a description is in tabular format, tabular
headers appear at the top of the description and apply to all items listed below the
headers. Additional information is listed in the last column and includes additional
characteristic data, special notes, and the manufacturer's name, address, and other
related data if available. Items that have no tabular headers appear in narrative format.
Items that have not been approved by the DMSB appear in a narrative format with the
heading "NON-STANDARD NON-DMSB REVIEWED."

2-24. VOLUME II
a. Volume II of the Medical Catalog contains a statement on the Introduction
fiche referring you back to the Introduction contained in Volume I that explains the
contents and use of data in this publication.

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 b. The Components of Sets, Kits, and Outfits portion of the catalog will contain
when available, a list of the components of the sets, kits, and outfits. Illustrations also
appear if available, along with the following information:

(1) Item Number (IN)

(2) Source of Supply (SoS)

(3) National Stock Number (NSN).

(4) Name and Components: The item name and the components relative to
it.

(5) Quantity per Unit Pack (QUP).

(6) Unit of Issue (UI)

(7) Unit of Issue Weight (UIWT). For the UIWT, the following abbreviations
are used; LB = pounds, KG = Kilograms.

(8) Unit of Issue Cube (UICB). For the UICB, the following abbreviations
are used CF = Cubic Feet, CM = Cubic Meters.

c. Volume II also contains NSN and Item Name Indexes. The NSN index is in
two parts. Part One (1) is an NSN index of the sets, kits, or outfits. It cross-references
the NSN to the fiche, frame number, and item numbers of the set kit or outfit. Items are
numbered consecutively within each item name instead of each frame as they are in
Volume I. Part Two (2) of the NSN index is a numerical list of NSNs (including
components) of all items in Volume II. Fiche and frame numbers appear, but since an
NSN may appear more than once, only the first appearance of the NSN will be reflected
in the index. The item name index only lists the name of the set, kit, or outfit and lists
the first fiche and frame number in which it appears.

2-25. VOLUME III

a. Volume III of the Medical Catalog contains a statement on the introductory

fiche referring you back to the introduction contained in Volume I that explains the
contents and use of data in this publication.

b. Master Cross Reference List. The Master Cross Reference List (MCRL)
portion of the Medical Catalog consists of three (3) parts; MCRL-l = Reference Number
to NSN; MCRL-2 = NSN to Reference Number; MCRL-3 = Commercial and
Government Entity (CAGE) Code to Reference Number and NSN.

(1) Master Cross Reference List -1. Listed in Reference Number sequence
with the following data elements:

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 (a) Reference Number. A reference number (REFNO). used to identify
or partially identify an item of supply. Included are Manufacturer Part Numbers,
Drawing, Model, Type Numbers, Source Controlling Document Numbers, Specification
Numbers, and Trade Numbers (when the manufacturer identifies an item by trade name
only). The Reference Numbers in the MCRL-l are listed in alphanumeric sequence.

(b) Commercial and Government Entity Code. A commercial and

government entity (CAGE) code assigned to establishments that either fabricate items
of production or have design control of items procured by the Federal Government.
CAGE codes are also assigned to identify certain Military Specifications or Standards
and to identify certain numbering systems developed by Government Agencies. Codes
are listed in Cataloging Handbook H4.

(c) National Stock Number. The 13-digit number assigned to an item

of supply under the Federal Catalog System.

(d) Item Standard Code. An item standard code (ISC) code

representing the Item Standardization decision or individual items based on release and
procedures established in the DOD Standardization Manual.

(e) Reference Number Variation Code. A reference number variation

code (RNVC) indicates that a cited reference number is or is not item identifying, or is
for information only.

(f) Reference Number Category Code. A reference number category

code (RNCC) designates the relationship of the referenced number to the Item of
Supply.

(g) Service/Agency Designator Code. A service/agency designator

code (SADC) is a one character alphabetic code that designated the Service/Agency
that accepted the NSN as a substitute for the NSN the referenced number was originally
assigned to. If more than one Service/Agency is involved, the phrase "ADDITIONAL
SADC" appears and the additional Service/Agency designator codes are listed.

(h) Description Availability. The description availability (DA) code is

generated from the type of Item Identification (II). An "N" (No Description Available) will
appear for Type 2 IIs. This field is blank for all other types of lIs, which indicates that a
description is available in the DIDS Total Item Record (TIR).

(i) Item Name. The first 15 characters of the item name are displayed
in this field.
(2) Master Cross Reference List -2. Listed in NSN sequence, the MCRL-2
contains the same data elements as the MCRL-l. In addition, the MCRL-2 displays
replacement NSN’s for all cancelled NSN’s when a replacement NSN is registered. It
also reflects all active NSN’s that do not have any reference numbers listed in the DLSC
TIR.

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 (3) Master Cross Reference List L-3. Listed CAGE code sequence, the
MCRL-3 contains the same data elements as the MCRL-l and MCRL-2. Data in the
MCRL-3 is first sequenced by CAGE and then by reference number and crossed to a
NSN and Item Name.

(4) National Drug Codes. National Drug Codes (NDC) will appear as
referenced numbers in the MCRL. The numbers will appear with the prefix "NDC"
followed by the NDC. Each drug product listed under Section 510 of the Federal Food
Drug and Cosmetic Act is assigned a unique 10-digit 3-segment number. This number,
known as the NDC identifies the labeler/vendor, product, and trade package size. The
first segment, the labeler code, is assigned by the FDA. A labeler is any firm that
manufactures or distributes a drug product. The second segment, the product code
identifies a specific strength, dosage form, and formulation for a particular labeler. The
third segment, the package code, identifies trade package sizes. Both the product and
package codes are designed by the labeler. The NDC is in one of the following
configurations: 4-4-2, 5-3-2, or 5-4-1. In some cases where products were submitted by
the manufacturer for an "Own label" distributor, the product/package code portions of
the NDC were not assigned. Every effort was made to obtain a full NDC number from
the manufacturer of the distributor, but their efforts were not always successful. In such
instances, product/package coded were assigned by FDA. Therefore, product/package
code conflicts may exist that cannot be resolved until the data is updated by the affected
establishments.

Section III. SAMPLE PAGES OF THE MEDICAL CATALOG

2-26. EXTRACTS OF FEDERAL SUPPLY CATALOG

The Appendix at the end of this subcourse contains 36 microfiche frames of the
Medical Catalog. These represent most of the information you will need to understand
how to read the catalog. This is but a very small sample considering Volume I is over
200 microfiche pages, Volume II is nine pages, and Volume III is nine pages. There are
270 possible frames per page, so the entire Medical Catalog is about 60,000 printed
pages.

2-27. DESCRIPTION OF EXTRACTED MICROFICHE FRAMES

a. Introduction Table of Contents (pages A-2 & 3). This is a table of contents
of the introduction found on the first microfiche page. From this index, you can go
directly to a certain frame number for the information that you may require. For
example, if you want to find a unit of issue, you would go to frame 8-08.
b. Introduction (pages A-4 & 5). This part provides guidance to the user in
locating information contained in the publication.

c. Therapeutic Index Table of Contents (pages A-6 & 7). This is an

index that classifies drugs into classifications pertaining to the treatment or curing of
diseases.

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 d. Therapeutics Index (page A-8). This is a listing of drugs according to their
therapeutic classification. For example, Asmoxicillin capsules, USP, are a type of
penicillin as shown under 08:12:16 of the index.

e. Approved Item Name Index Explanation (page A-9). This portion of the
introduction explains item name and Federal supply class.

f. Acquisition Advice Code (page A-10). The Acquisition Advice Code (AAC)
is one of the many codes that are used throughout the supply catalog. The AAC is a
one character alphabetic code that indicates to the requisitioned how and under what
restrictions an item is acquired.

g. Unit of Issue (page A-11). The UI code is used on all supply requisitions. It
identifies how an item is issued. For example, if the UI of an item is one HD (hundred),
you would receive 100 of an item for everyone ordered.

h. Authorized Abbreviations (page A-12). This portion explains all the

abbreviations used throughout the supply catalog.

i. Commercial and Government Entity (page A-13). Each manufacturer used

by the D0D has been assigned a CAGE number Each item listed in the catalog will have
a CAGE number to identify the manufacturer that supplies DOD with the item.

j. Identification List/National Stock Number Index (page A-14). Each item

in the catalog has been assigned a NSN. The NSN index allows you to quickly locate
an item if you know the stock number. For example, NSN 6505-01-114-3090 is located
on fiche number 029, frame D11.

k. Frame Index of a Microfiche Page (page A-15). In the bottom right hand
corner of each microfiche page is an index of what information is on that particular
page.

l. Colloquial to Approved Item Name Index (page A-16). This index cross-
references the item's trade name (the name the manufacturer gives the item) to the
approved Federal item name. For example, if you wanted to look up information of
Darvon, you would look under propoxyphene hydrochloride capsules, USP.

m. Item Name Index (pages A-17 & 18). Once you know the approved item
name you can use this index to find the proper microfiche page and frame.

n. Medical Catalog Volume 1, Identification List (pp. A-19-28). This is the

heart of the Medical Catalog. If you had the NSN, you used the NSN index. If you
knew the approved item name, you used the Item Name Index to find the item. Once
you reach this point in the process, you have all the information required to order the
item. The top border lists the basic information. Ordering information is found in the

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lower portion of the frame. The upper portion displays the item name, stock number,
brief description, size, a complete description of the item, and the manufacturer’s
address. The requisition/storage/management data is given in the lower portion of the
frame. All codes used are explained in the Introduction fiche. Once you actually work
with the catalog, you will become familiar with the codes. Look at in identification list on
page A-19. The item is sodium bicarbonate, injection USP stock number 6505-01-053-
2634. The strength of the drug is 75 mg sodium bicarbonate per ml. and comes in a 50-
ml. container. There are 25 containers per unit of issue. It is manufactured by Pharma-
Serve Incorporated. Additional information for ordering is found under the
Requisition/Storage/ Management Data section. The first column on the left is the
Service Agency Code (SA). In the example, four agencies are listed; DLA (OS),US
Army (DA), US Marine Corps (OM), and USNavy (ON). If you are ordering for an Army
activity, you must use the "DA" line of information. The source of supply (SOS) in all
cases is the DPSC (S9M). The unit of issue is box (BX) and the US Army price is
$27.10. Page A-20 through A-28 is additional samples of this portion of the Medical
Catalog.

o. Components within Set/Kit/Outfit Index, Volume II (pages A-29 & 30).

Volume II of the Medical Catalog is entirely devoted to medical sets, kits, and outfits
(SKO). The NSN of all medical SKO’s always begins with the FSC code 6545. This
index presents each SKO in NSN sequence. All components of the SKO are listed in
NSN sequence under the SKO heading. Fiche sheet and frame number are given for
each component. Look on page A-29 under SKO 6545-00-299-0253. The first NSN is
the SKO itself. This SKO consists of four components as listed.

p. Item Name Index, Volume II (page. A-31). This index lists each SKO in
alphabetical order. Fiche sheet and frame number is given for each SKO.

q. Component NIIN to SKO Index (pg. A-32). This index lists by stock number
that SKO’s contain a certain item of supply. For example, if you want
to know that SKO’s contain the drug 6505-00-147-0000, you refer to the index.
By looking at the first item listed on pg. A-32, you find that this particular drug item is in
SKO 6545-00-952-2178 and 6545-00-9B2-4121.

r. Components of Sets, Kits, and Outfits (pp. A-33 through-36). This section
contains all the SKO management data. Shown along the top border are the basic
catalog elements source of supply (SOS), SKO NSN, SKO name, unit weight (UIWT),
and unit cube (UICU) in cubic feet. The middle portion of the fiche lists the components
in NSN sequence. The first NSN is the basic SKO followed by the components.

s. Master Cross Reference List (MCRL, Vol. III (pg. A-37). Volume III is used
to research locally acquired items to determine if they have been cataloged by DOD.
Shown on page A-37 is a sample of MCRL-l. This research prevents you from
procuring an item commercially when it is available from DOD stocks usually at a lower
price.

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 Section IV. OTHER PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO MEDICAL SUPPLY

2-28. DA SB 8-75 SERIES

a. Purpose of DA SB 8-75 Series. The purpose of the DA SB 8-75 Series of

Supply Bulletins (SB) is to provide technical and medical supply information and
instruction to Department of the Army installations and activities in CONUS and
OCONUS (overseas) commands. This is a special series established for use by the US
Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA). An extract of DA SB 8-75-11 is shown in
Appendix, pages A-38 through 45.

b. General Information About the DA SB 8-75 Series.

(1) The contents of these Bulletins will include the following medical materiel
management information:

(a) Suspension of materiel suspected of being hazardous or

unsuitable.

(b) Release of suspended medical materiel.

(c) Disposition instructions for medical materiel determined to be

unsuitable for use.

(d) Extension of potency expiration dates.

(e) Announcement of items newly standardized or reclassified to

standard for which an availability date has been established.

(f) Reclassification action of items to Terminal or Deleted.

(g) Methods of Destruction.(MOD’s).

(h) Consolidated Defective Medical Materiel Listing.

(i) Medical Maintenance Information.

(j) Reserve Component Specific Medical Materiel Management

Information.

(k) Components of Book Sets for Medical TOE Units.

(l) Other miscellaneous information as needed.

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 (2) Revisions to AMEDD major assemblages components are published in
the SB 8-75 Series annually.

(3) When available, trade names are cross-referenced to newly

standardized items or items reinstated as Standard.

c. Format for DA SB 8-75 Series. Each supply bulletin (EXCEPT

"SPECIAL" bulletins listed in paragraph 2-27d(2) below) of the SB 8-75 Series contains
two separate sections and several appendixes as required.

(1) Section I. The first section presents various articles of information

pertaining the general medical materiel.

(2) Section II. This section will list the following medical materiel actions:

(a) Availability announcements of NSN’s.

(b) Revised availability announcements of NSN’s.

(c) Federal supply class changes.

(d) Deleted/replaced NSN’s.

(3) Appendixes. Each edition will contain a varied number of

appendixes. The appendixes will contain a variety of miscellaneous logistics
information to include extracts of manufacturer's service notes and articles of general
nature.

d. Numbering System for the DA SB 8-75 Series.

(1) USAMMA will number the DA SB 8-75 series monthly (SB 8-75-1
through SB 8-75-12) commencing with DA SB 8-75-1 at the beginning of each calendar
year. THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS TO THIS POLICY WILL BE DA SB 8-75 MEDCASE
and the "SPECIAL EDITIONS" whose numbers will be SB 8-75-S1 through SB 8-75-S8.

(2) Certain editions of the DA S8 8-75 series will be dedicated to specific

logistical areas of interest and are identified as follows:

(a) DA SB 8-75-S1 - Will provide information concerning the purpose

and use of the DA SB 8-75 series, lists the Address Indicator Groups (AIGs), recipients
of controlled substances, and so forth.

(b) DA SB 8-75-S3--will consist entirely of information pertaining to

book sets for medical TOE units and will be published and distributed during the first
quarter of the calendar year.

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 (c) DA SB 8-75-S5 - will comprise the Consolidated Defective Medical
Materiel List.

(d) DA SB 8-75-S7 - will be devoted in its entirety to Methods of

Destruction (MOD) for items of medical materiel.

(e) DA SB 8-75-S2, -S4, -S6, -S8 - be dedicated entirely to medical

maintenance information.

(f) DA SB 8-75-MEDCASE - The Medical Care Support Equipment

(MEDCASE) Program is the AMEDD procedure for acquiring capital investment
equipment to fixed health care activities. This supply bulletin provides instructions and
establishes procedures for managing and participation in the
MEDCASE Program.

2-29. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SUPPLY CATALOGS

a. Sets, Kits, and Outfits Component List (CL Series). Supply Catalogs (SC)
reflect the individual items of supply and equipment that are components of a specific
set, kit, or outfit. The applicable catalog prescribes initial allowances and quantities of
supplies and equipment normally required to establish and initially operate the unit to
which the supply catalog pertains. Every section of the hospital, such as the operating
room, laboratory, etc, has its own designated equipment and supplies. These catalogs
aid in making distribution to the appropriate sections. The unit medical supply
personnel are charged with the responsibility of getting the supplies distributed and
preparing hand receipts for the equipment and supplies.

b. Sets, Kits, and Outfits Components List/Hand Receipt. These supply

catalogs contain an alphabetical components list/hand receipt for a specific set, kit or
outfit.

2-30. TECHNICAL MANUALS

A technical manual (TM) provides detailed treatment of specific subjects

considered necessary for the full accomplishment of required training. A TM also
contains descriptions of materiel and instructions for the operation, handling, and
maintenance and repair thereof and information and instructions on technical
procedures, exclusive of those of an administrative nature. The TM 8-series applies to
medical service subject's example: TM 8-225, Dental Specialist.

2-31. TECHNICAL BULLETINS

a. Technical bulletins (TB) contain technical information pertaining to weapons

and equipment or to professional techniques for which the preparing service has
responsibility. They do not contain administrative information or material pertaining to
tactical training or tactical operations.

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 b. Technical bulletins may supplement technical manuals, but they do not make
direct changes in the content of the manuals. Instructions published in a 1B may later
be incorporated in a TM. An example of a technical bulletin dealing with a medical
subject is TB Med 43, "Local Anesthetic Agents".

c. The TB 8-series was initiated by The Army Surgeon General to disseminate

current professional and administrative information for the guidance of AMEDD
personnel. This series does not replace the T8 MED’s. The TB 8-series is not directly
in nature. It is designed to provide personnel of the AMEDD with timely information to
help develop unity of interest and understanding. The supply information contained in
the 18 8-series will help the medical supply officer. Among the TB 8 bulletins is T8 8-50
Maintenance Engineering Program.

2-32. SUPPLY MANUALS

Supply manuals (SMs) contain item identification and operational information

required by supply activities. In the appropriate type of (SM), the following may be
found: NSN, Federal item names, and those portions of the Federal item description
necessary to identify each item, units of issue, expendability, illustrations when
necessary for identification, prices, parts allowance and stockage guide data, and cross
references.

2-33. MODIFICATION WORK ORDERS

Modification work orders (MWO)provide uniform instructions for the alteration and
modification of Army materiel.

2-34. LUBRICATION ORDERS

Lubrication orders (LO) prescribe authorized lubricants, lubrication intervals, and

lubrication instructions on all equipment that requires lubrication by maintenance
personnel. Lubrication orders are mandatory for all users of the equipment and
generally are carried with or attached to the equipment to which they pertain.

2-35. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY PAMPHLETS

Department of the Army pamphlets (DA PAM) contain informational or reference

material of a continuing nature. The two most important DA Pamphlets used in
SO are:

a. DA Pam 710-2-1, Using Unit Supply System. (Manual Procedures) This

pamphlet provides manual procedures for requesting, receiving, accounting for issuing
and turning in supplies at the unit level.

b. DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System. (Manual

Procedures) This pamphlet provides manual procedures to manage and generate a

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uniform supply system for support units below the wholesale (depot) level. This
pamphlet in conjunction with elements of AR 40-61 establishes the procedures to
maintain an Installation Medical Supply Activity (IMSA) operated in a medical center
(MEDCEN) or medical department activity (MEDDAC) with an area supply mission.

2-36. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CIRCULARS

Department of the Army circulars (DA CIR) contain information concerning one-
time actions or informational material of a temporary nature.

2-37. FIELD MANUALS

Field manuals (FM)contain instructional, informational, and reference material relative to

military training and operations (including supply). FM 8-35, Transportation of the Sick
and Wounded, is an example of a medical department field manual.

2-38. ARMY REGULATIONS

a. Army regulations (AR) are the basic administrative publication issued by the US
Army. They are permanent in duration, prescribe administrative procedures, outline
policies and responsibilities for the entire US Army, and provide uniformity. They are
numbered according to classification of subject matter and are arranged in series. Each
series pertains to a certain subject area. All regulations having a base number ranging
from 100 through 195 deal with general supply matters. Listed below is a partial list of
the 100 series:

(1) AR 700 series deals with logistics in general.

(2) AR 710 series--inventory management.

(3) AR 715 series--procurement.

(4) AR 725 series--requisition and issue of supplies and equipment.

(5) AR 735 series--property accountability.

(6) AR 740 series--storage and supply activities.

(7) AR 750 series--maintenance of supplies and equipment.

(8) AR 755 series---disposal of supplies and equipment.

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 b. Commonly Used Supply Related Army Regulations.

(1) AR 710-2. Supply Policy Below the Wholesale Level. This regulation
prescribes supply policy below the wholesale (depot) level. It is used in both automated
and manual supply operations. In the automated supply operations, the regulation is
used in conjunction with the appropriate automated procedural publication for the
system. In a manual operation, this regulation is used in conjunction with DA Pam 710-
2-1 and DA Pam 710-2-2.

(2) AR 40-61, Medical Logistics Policies and Procedures. This regulation

prescribes US Army policy, programs, procedures and responsibilities for managing
medical materiel and logistics support. It provides guidance in addition to that found in
basic logistic directions (such as AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, and DA Pam 710-2-2.

(3) AR 725-50. Requisitioning, Receipt, and Issue System. This regulation

provides instructions for the preparation, submission, and processing of requisitions
utilizing the Uniform Materiel Movement and Issue Priority System (UMMIPS).

(4) AR 135-5. Policies and Procedures for Property Accountability. This

regulation provides basic policies and procedures for accounting for US Army property
and accounting for lost, damaged, or destroyed US Army property. The regulation
defines accountability and responsibility, identifies categories of property and
accounting procedures to be used with each, and identifies basic procedures for
operating a property account.

2-39. SUMMARY

Publications that aid in the administration of US Army supply programs range

from the policy setting and rules contained in US Army regulations through a long list of
printed matter that embraces specific directions and explanations concerning operations
and maintenance through the tables that outline the equipment and supplies of specified
units and the catalogs that itemize available items. References and directives published
by the DOD and the US Army on supply subjects offer all the help necessary for an
accurate and efficient supply program. However, supply personnel will find these
publications useful only if they know what the publications are and how to locate
information in them.

Continue with Exercises

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EXERCISES, LESSON 2

INSTRUCTIONS: The following exercises are to be answered by marking the

lettered response that best answers the question or by completing the incomplete
statement or by writing the answer in the space provided.

After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the
end of the lesson and check your answers.

1. The Standardization Act provided a _______________________ language system

in the logistical area.

2. The last nine digits of the 13 digit National Stock Number are called the
__________________ ___________________ ________________ number.

3. Federal Supply Class (FSC) 6505 identifies ___________and _____________.

4. The Federal Supply Catalog, Medical Catalog is composed of ______ volumes.

5. The Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code identifies the __________
of an item.

6. Volume II of the Medical Catalog lists components of _______, ___________,

and ____________.

7. The regulation that establishes procedures for the management of medical

materiel is __________________________.

8. The publication that provides technical and medical supply information is

___________________________.

9. The administrative procedures of property accountability can be found in

AR Series _____________________.

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 Exercises 10 through 20 require the use of the extracts found in Appendix A.

10. The storage codes for medical items are explained in the introduction fiche on
frame ___________.

11. Acquisition Advice Code "F" means that the item must be ________________.

12. Unit of Issue Code "JR" means ____________________.

13. The authorized abbreviation for "American Society for Testing Materials" is _____.

14. The CAGE code for Gill Mfg Co., Inc. is ____________________________.

15. If you require management data of NSN 6505-01-9194, you would go to

fiche no.__________ and frame no. _______________.

16. The approved item name for Decholin is _________________________.

17. The Army price for simethicone and suspension, NSN 6505-01-120-9480
is ______________________.

18. SKO 6545-00-299-8252 has a total of ________________ components.

19. The drug item NSN 6505-00-153-8818 is found in ______________ SKO(s).

20. How many packages of straight pins, NSN 8315-00-787-9110, are in the operating
room supply set, NSN 6545--00-299-8254? ______________________.

Check Your Answers on Next Page

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SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES, LESSON 2

1. Common (para 2-5b)

2. National Item Identification Number (para 2-9 and Figure 2-1)

3. Drugs, Biological (para 2-10b(1))

4. 3 (para 2-14)

5. Manufacturer (para 2-22e)

6. Sets, Kits, Outfits (para 2-24b)

7. AR 40 61 (par 2-38b(2))

8. DA SB 8-75 Series (para 2-28a)

9. 735 (para 2-38a(5))

10. I-05 (page A-3)

11. Fabricated (page A-10)

12. JAR (page A-11)

13. ATSM (page A-12)

14. 16436 (page A-13)

15. 016, D06 (page A-14)

16. Dehydrocholic acid tablets, USP (page A-16)

17. $48.60 (page A-20)

18. 6 (Don’t count the first NSN listed as it is the NSN of the SKO, page A-29)

19. 1 (page A-32)

20. 3 packages (240/pg) (Descriptive data para, page A-33)

End of Lesson 2

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 LESSON ASSIGNMENT

LESSON 3 Property Control in Medical Units.

TEXT ASSIGNMENT Paragraphs 3-1 through 3-31

LESSON OBJECTIVES After completion of this lesson, you should be able to:

3-1. Identify the various types of property

responsibility.
3-2. Identify the five basic records utilized to control
property.

3-3. Select the correct method of obtaining relief from

property responsibility.
SUGGESTION It is strongly suggested that you complete the exercises
at the end of this lesson, as these exercises will
emphasize the lesson objectives shown above.

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 LESSON 3

PROPERTY CONTROL IN MEDICAL UNITS

Section I. INTRODUCTION
3-1. NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

Simply identifying and ordering supplies and equipment for use within various
units is not enough to assure an efficient medical supply system. When the supplies
and equipment are received, they must be accounted for and someone held responsible
for them until they are either consumed in use or become unserviceable. It is
imperative, therefore, that everyone in the US Army have an understanding of property
accountability and responsibility.

3-2. PROPERTY DEFINED

Property is an inclusive term used by the US Army to designate supplies,

equipment, buildings, grounds, and similar items. It is divided into two classes--real
property, and supplies and equipment.

a. Real property is land and the interests in land, leaseholds, standing timber,
permanent buildings, improvements, piers, docks, utilities systems, warehouses, rights-
of-way, easements (either temporary or permanent), and improvements permanently
attached to and ordinarily considered to be real estate. It does not include equipment or
machinery which has been affixed to or removed from land or buildings or which may be
removed without destroying the usefulness of the structure. These items are accounted
for under regulations applied by the installation DFAE.
b. Supplies and equipment are all the raw materials and manufactured articles
needed to equip, maintain, and operate a military command. Included are food, clothing,
equipment, arms, ammunition, fuel, forage, and materials and machinery of all kinds.
Supplies are further classified as expendable, nonexpendable, or durable supplies.
(1) Expendable supplies include articles which are consumed in use, such
as ammunition, paint, fuel, forage, surgical dressings, drugs, medicines, cleaning
materials, preserving materials, and so forth, and articles such as repair parts and
components which, when issued for immediate installation, are used to repair or
complete other articles and thereby lose their identity.
(2) Nonexpendable supplies are articles which are not consumed in use and
which ordinarily retain their original identity during the period of use, such as weapons,
vehicles, machines, tools, and instruments. Non- expendables may further be classified
as installation or organization property.
(3) Durable supplies are items that are not consumed in use, retain their
original identity, but are not characterized as nonexpendable or expendable. These
items include no consumable components of sets, kits, outfits, and assemblages; all
tools; and any other non-consumables.

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 (a) Installation property is that "station" property issued to a unit while
in a garrison or tenant status. It is turned in to the installation when the unit deploys.
Property authorized under TDA’s and some CTA’s is considered to be installation
property.

(b) Organization property is that "mission essential" property that

enables a unit to operate. It deploys with the unit. Property authorized under MTOE’s,
and some CTA’s, is considered to be organizational property.

3-3. REQUIREMENT/AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENTS

a. Prior to requisitioning any item of supply or equipment for a unit, there must
exist an authorization for the item, particularly equipment. It is incumbent upon supply
personnel to realize the value of authorization documents and the effect these
documents have on the validity of US Army requirements, the Army budget, and the
efficiency and operational readiness of the US Army. To produce organizations that are
properly balanced, the Army has established the Army Authorization Documents
System (TAADS).

b. The requirement/authorization documents include TOE, MTOE, TDA, and

common tables of allowances (CTA)

(1) The TOE document prescribes the mission, organizational structure, and
personnel and equipment requirements for a specific military unit. It provides a basic
guide or standard for the development of units on a worldwide basis. While TOE’s
specify requirements, they do not authorize the equipment or personnel for particular
units. They must be viewed as documents that reflect the unit's requirements needed to
support the established doctrine and concept of the actual wartime mission.

(2) The MTOE document adapts the basic TOE mission capabilities,
organization, personnel, and equipment to the needs of a specific unit or type of unit.
The MTOE provides a major commander with the means to modify or adjust the
standard TOE for anyone or more of the TOE units within his command. While the TOE
specifies the requirements for units on a worldwide basis, the MTOE authorizes the
organization of a specific unit (or group of units) within an assigned command.
Therefore, two like units located in separate regions of the world will have somewhat
different MTOE’s, but have an identical TOE.

(3) The TDA is another official authorization document. However, it is

different from an MTDE in that it is tailored to perform a specific support mission for
which no particular TOE exists. TDA units are basically non-deployable units organized
to fulfill mission, function, and workload obligations of a fixed support establishment in
CONUS or overseas (for example, medical activities and medical centers).

(4) The CTA document provides recommended allowances of common

items of equipment that are required worldwide: for example, clothing and equipment,

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safety and protective clothing, and office furniture. By providing a common basis of
issue for each item, the CTA serves as a guide in developing total requirements for
specific units.

3-4. ACCOUNTABILITY--AN OBLIGATION IMPOSED BY LAW

Accountability for supplies and equipment is the obligation imposed by lawful

order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping an accurate record of
property or funds. There are many types of accountability within the military. Two
common ones are:

a. Formal accountability is the obligation of an officially designated

individual to maintain a stock record account for supplies and equipment showing by
item the receipt and disposal of property balances on hand, and other control as may be
required.

b. Property book accountability is the obligation of an officially designated

individual to maintain accountable records on property issued for use at organizations,
units, or activities.

3-5. PROPERTY RESPONSIBILITY

Property responsibility is the obligation of an individual for the proper care,

custody, and safekeeping of government property entrusted to his possession or under
his supervision. The specific nature of responsibility may be further classified as
COMMAND or DIRECT.

a. Command responsibility is the responsibility of a commanding officer to insure

that all property of his command is properly safeguarded, accounted for, and
administered. This is inherent in command and may not be delegated.

b. Direct responsibility applies to individuals to whom public property has been

entrusted and who are specifically charged with the care, custody, and safekeeping of
said property. This type of responsibility may be further classified as non-personal and
personal.

(1) Non-personal responsibility is the relationship between an individual and

property under his/her control or supervision within the scope of his/her employment but
for which the individual does not have personal responsibility.

(2) Personal responsibility is the responsibility of the individual for

equipment, materiel, or supplies issued or acquired for his/her personal use, that is,
pistol, belts, canteens, and helmets issued to a soldier.

c. In many instances, accountability and responsibility are vested in the same

individual. But in many others, one person may have accountability and another

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responsibility. Responsibility is based on actual possession of the property or on the
obligations of command or supervision of those in possession of property.

d. Army policy states that some individual is accountable and/or responsible for
government property from the time it enters the supply system until it is disposed of.
This is the basis of the entire supply system.

3-6. PROPERTY BOOK OFFICER

a. Commanders are responsible for seeing that all property under their
command is properly safeguarded and accounted for. To carry out this responsibility,
the commander appoints a property book officer. The property book officer maintains
the property books and related records for all organization and installation property on
hand in the organization and its subordinate elements.

b. In the appointment of a property book officer, the commander should

understand that familiarity with and accounting for property is a part of every officer’s
training and experience. The following individuals may be appointed property book
officers:

(1) Commissioned or Warrant officer.

(2) Department of the Army (DA) civilian, GS-5 or higher.

(3) Noncommissioned officer (in certain instances, that is, remote

geographic areas) with approval from higher headquarters when no personnel cited in
(1) or (2) above are available.

(4) Foreign national employees of the US Army, GS-7 or equivalent or

higher when no military or US civilians are assigned and when approved by the
MACOM.

c. Property book officers must be appointed on orders and should have a

15-day overlap with the old property book officer to insure a smooth transition of
accountability.

d. Persons will not perform the dual function of property book officer and stock
record officer or transportation officer.

Section II. PROPERTY ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES

3-7. MEDICAL PROPERTY ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS

a. Depending on the particular environment, medical personnel will be exposed

to different property accounting systems:

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 (1) The manual system.

(2) The Army Medical Department Property Accounting System.

(AMEDDPAS)

b. The AMEDDPAS is an automated spin-off of the manual system that is

designed to operate on computers. Nevertheless, regardless of which system is used,
certain basic records/files must be maintained. These are:

(1) Property book. An item balance record of all nonexpendable property

authorized in a unit; in short, an item history of each authorized item.

(2) Hand receipt. A listing of all property book assets issued to a user.
The hand receipt establishes direct responsibility.

(3) Document register. A log of all supply transactions provides control and
audit capabilities to the processing of a unit's supply documents.

(4) Document file. A file of actual documents supporting all entries in the
non-expendable document register and all postings to the property book.

(5) Due in status file. A file maintained on all unfilled supply requests. File
contains duplicate/carbon copies of requests as well as all status furnished on requests.

c. The above are the five basic records that are maintained regardless of which
system is utilized. However, it should be pointed out that the automated AMEDDPAS
system provides various other automated reports as "management tools." These may
include such things as:

(1) Transaction register.

(2) Special item reports.

(3) Consolidated listings.

d. The computer’s ability to provide such reports and registers is one of the
"features" of an automated system and serves to assist in maintaining an "audit trail."

3-8. FORMS/REPORTS UTILIZED

Because of the different property management systems, the formats of the five
basic records may be constructed differently. Facsimiles of various required records
are shown in figures 3-1 through 3-7, as follows:

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 a. Property Book.

(1) Manual (figures 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3).

Figure 3-1. Example manual property book page, DA Form 3328

(Property Record)

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 Figure 3-2. Manual property book page, reverse side of DA form 3328
(Property Record)

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 Figure 3-3. Manual property book page, DA Form 3328-1
(Serial/Registration Number Record)

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 Figure 3-4. Example of an AMEDDPAS property book page.

(2) Army Medical Department Property Accounting System (figure 3-4).

b. Hand Receipt.

(1) Manual (figure 3-5).

(2) Army Medical Department Property Accounting System (figure 3-6).

c. Document Register. Used in all systems (figure 3-7).

d. Document and Suspense Files. These files will contain a variety of different
types of documents that will be discussed in subsequent paragraphs.

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 Figure 3-5. Example of manual hand receipt (DA Form 2062)

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 Figure 3-6. Example of an AMEDDPAS hand receipt.

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 Figure 3-7. Example of a document register for supply actions
(used in all systems) (DA Form 2064)

3-9. AUDIT TRAIL FOR NONEXPENDABLES

Supplies and equipment do not just suddenly appear at your doorstep. They
must be ordered; but better yet, they must be requested in the correct manner and on
the appropriate form. Once we have established that supplies are ordered by the
parent unit or organization (battalion or hospital level) from the installation medical or
consolidated supply officer (figure 3-8), it is necessary to understand the "how" of
obtaining supplies. Standard items (those NSNs) of medical materiel are ordered
directly from the medical supply officer. The audit trail (figure 3-9) not only establishes
how supplies are ordered, but also points out the accounting procedures required to
control these supplies.

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 a. Before any item is given to a unit or organization, it must be requested,
normally on DA Form 2765-1 (figure 3-10), titled "Request for Issue or Turn-in." This is
the first step of the audit trail.

b. After the request has been filled out, the next step is to record this information
on the document register, DA Form 2064 (figure 3-7). A copy of the request is placed in
the Due-In Status File and three copies are forwarded to the supply support activity.

c. When the supplies are issued, a copy of the request is returned with supplies.
The suspense copy is removed from the Due-In Status Files and, if all items ordered are
issued, it is destroyed. If only part of the items are issued, then the copy remains in the
Due-In Status Files and a notation is made in the Document Register as to how much
was issued and how much is still due in. After recording this information, the non-
expendable property must be recorded in the property book (manual or automated).
When the required information has been recorded, the document is then annotated as
being posted, initialed by the posting individual, and filed in the document file.

d. Since the nonexpendable property usually is to be used by someone other

than the supply officer, the item is recorded on a hand receipt (refer back to hand
receipt examples in figures 3-5 and 3-6) and signed for by the individual accepting
responsibility for the property. This then completes the audit trail for non-expendables,
from requesting the item to putting it in the hands of the user.

Figure 3-8. Request/requisition procedure.

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 Figure 3-9. Audit trail for non-expendable items.

Figure 3-10. Example of a request for issue. (DA Form 2765-1)

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3-10. AUDIT TRAIL FOR EXPENDABLES

As might be expected, the audit trail for expendable supplies is not lengthy. It
basically follows the same flow as the audit trail for non-expendables up to the point of
picking the item up on the property book. In lieu of that, "informal records" of item
balances may be maintained. Figure 3-11 depicts the audit trail for expendables.

Figure 3-11. Audit trail for expendable items.

3-11. THREE KEY ASPECTS OF A SUPPLY REQUEST

Besides identifying themselves and the item they want, users or parent units
must place three essential elements of information on a supply request whenever they
initiate it. These three are:

a. Document number.

b. Priority.

c. Demand code.

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3-12. DOCUMENT NUMBER

This is an eight-digit number comprised as follows:

9181 - 0001

Julian 4-digit
date serial number

a. When converting to a Julian date--that is the numerical day of the year---use

of the Julian date calendar is required. Using figure 3-12 (figure 3-13 is for leap years),
30 June 1989, for example, would convert to Julian date 9181. The first digit, 9, is the
year, or 1989. The next three digits, 181, is the 181st day of the year.

Figure 3-12. Julian date calendar. (perpetual)

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 Figure 3-13. Leap year Julian date calendar.
(use in 1988, 1992, 1996, and so forth.)

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 b. The four-digit serial number is simply recorded on each supply transaction in
ascending order starting with 0001. Serial numbers revert back to 0001 beginning with
each new day.

c. The entire eight-digit document number is used to individually identify each

supply transaction initiated so that it may be traceable and leave an "audit trail" for that
particular transaction. It should be pointed out that document numbers apply not only to
requests but also to any other type of transaction such as turn-ins or lateral transfers.

3-13. PRIORITY

This is a code used only on requests or requisitions to tell the source of supply
how urgently the item is required. Priorities range from 01 to 15 with 01 being the
"highest" or most urgent. The priority is determined by using the following table:

URGENCY OF NEED
A B C
I 01 04 11
FORCE II 02 05 12
ACTIVITY
DESIGNATOR III 03 06 13
(FAD) IV 07 09 14
V 08 10 15

a. Force activity designators are Roman numerals that are assigned to units at
the DOD level in accordance with their assigned missions.
(1) FAD I - General War/Special Project.

(2) FAD II - Rediness for Combat. (D to D+30)

(3) FAD III - Rediness to Deploy for Combat. (and Peacetime Combat
Service Support) (D+31 to D+90)

(4) FAD IV Planned for Deployment (Ready Reserves)

(5) FAD V All Others
b. Urgency of need is a decision made by the using unit when it orders an item.
The Urgency of Need Designator (UNO) determines how essential the requested
materiel is to the accomplishment of the assigned military mission. The three urgency
of need designators are:
(1) A = Mission Essential.

(2) B = Mission Impaired.

(3) C = Routine.

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 c. Using the table, then, a FAD II unit that needed to order a mission essential
item would use Priority 02. Note that a given unit would use only one "set" of three
priorities according to its assigned FAD. For example, a FAD III unit would use only
priorities 03, 06, and 13.

d. It should be pointed out that priorities 01 through 08 are considered "high"

priorities and must be authenticated by the unit commander or his designated
representative whenever they are assigned to a particular request/requisition.

3-14. DEMAND CODES

In filling out supply requests, the user must tell the system what kind of demand
the request is. Is the demand for the item recurring (ordered frequently) or nonrecurring
(ordered infrequently)? The supply source must know this' information so that it can
stock supplies in anticipation of future orders. It is the responsibility of the customer (a
using unit or hospital activity) to inform the supply source whether a demand is recurring
or non- recurring. The customer does this by entering the letter R or N in the
appropriate box on the request form. Therefore, the customer must determine the
classification of the demand. Antichap lipstick, for instance, might well be a recurring
(R) demand for a TOE unit in cold climates but a nonrecurring (N) demand in warmer
areas. On the other hand, sunburn preventive preparation often is needed on a
recurring basis in the tropics but might not be in such great demand in cooler climates.

3-15. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INVENTORIES

One of the basic logistical control mechanisms for materiel is the inventory. The
basic purpose of any inventory is simply to ascertain the proper on-hand quantity of an
item. Additionally, another purpose of an inventory would be to surface any control or
management problems in logistical procedures within an organization. Inventory
frequency will vary depending on the sensitivity of the item.

3-16. TEMPORARY HAND RECEIPTS AND CHANGE DOCUMENTS

a. In order to accommodate issuing supplies and equipment to users, temporary

hand receipts and change documents are used. Figure 3 -14 is a facsimile of a
completed DA Form 3161 used as a temporary hand receipt. DD Form 1150 may be
used in lieu of the DA Form 3161 as a temporary hand receipt.

b. This procedure is used if the property is to be issued or loaned for a period of

30 days or less. Figure 3-15 shows a completed DA Form 1361 used as a change
document. The use of a change document is designed to preclude frequent posting to a
permanent hand receipt. Change documents can be used for both gains and losses to
permanent hand receipts. As a minimum, change documents must be incorporated into
the permanent hand receipt every six months or prior to an inventory, whichever is
sooner.

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 Figure 3-14. DA Form 3161 used as a temporary hand receipt.

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Figure 3-15. DA Form 3161 used as a change document.

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3-17. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OF SETS, KITS, AND OUTFITS

a. Many items in the medical inventory are actually sets, kits, and outfits, that
are composed of a whole host of individual other items. For example, the item "Medical
Equipment Set, Intensive Care Ward, NSN 6545-00-877-6995" contains many
expendable and non-expendable items, each having its own individual NSN.

b. In order to find out what components comprise the entire end item, the
appropriate SC must be referred to. For example, SC 6545-B-CL-M12 is the reference
that applies to the above NSN and relates what components are in that list. This
presents a unique property accounting situation: The nonexpendable components must
be accounted for on the property book while the expendables must be accounted for on
informal records. Additionally, nonexpendable components that are missing or over
from sets that are issued on a hand receipt must be recorded on a hand receipt must be
recorded on a hand receipt annex.

Section III. METHODS OF OBTAINING RELIEF FROM RESPONSIBILITY

3-18. ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TERMS REVIEWED

We have already discussed the principle of property responsibility. Someone is

responsible and/or accountable at all times for the care, custody, and safekeeping of
government property from the time it enters the service until it is disposed of in some
legal manner. We know that the person who is accountable for property is the one who
has been assigned the duty of maintaining accurate records. We know responsibility is
the obligation of an individual for the proper care, custody, and safekeeping of
government property entrusted to his possession or under his supervision. Receipt for
property is prima facie evidence of property responsibility. However, it is not necessary
for a person to receipt for property to make him responsible. Any individual may, by
possession of the property or by the scope of his duty, incur responsibility for the proper
care, custody, and safekeeping of the property.

3-19. METHODS OF OBTAINING RELIEF FROM RESPONSIBILITY

The supplies and/or equipment are now in the hands of the user. Should these
supplies and/or equipment become lost, damaged, or destroyed, the accountable and/or
responsible individual must be aware of the proper methods of obtaining relief from
property responsibility. There are five methods of obtaining relief from responsibility as
follows: by turn-in, DD Form 1131 (cash collection voucher), DD Form 362 (Statement
of Charges for Government Property Lost Damaged or Destroyed), DA Form 4697
(Department of the Army Report of Survey), and by a DA Form 4949 (Administrative
Adjustment Report (AAR)) at the property book level. However, all personal weapons
that are lost will be reported and placed on a report of survey in order to determine how
the loss occurred. The statement of charges and cash collection voucher adjustment
procedures are referred to as authorized substitutes for a report of survey. Although
these authorized substitutes exist, any commanding officer may direct the use of a

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report of survey. Likewise, any commanding officer may direct the appointment of an
investigating officer under the authority of AR 15-6 to determine pecuniary liability for
property book items.

3-20. PECUNIARY LIABILITY

It is important to understand responsibility because the property book officer

must obtain relief from responsibility and/or accountability for items that are lost,
damaged, or destroyed. Either the item was lost, damaged, or destroyed through no
fault or neglect or someone should be held pecuniarily liable.

a. Pecuniary liability is a personal, joint, or corporate monetary obligation to

make good any loss, damage, or destruction of property resulting from willful
misconduct or neglect.

(1) Willful misconduct. Any intentionally wrongful or unlawful act dealing

with the property concerned.

(2) Negligence. An act or omission that a reasonable person would not

commit under similar circumstances.

b. In any case where property of the DA is lost, damaged, or destroyed by

causes other than fair wear and tear in the service, a report of surveyor some other
administrative action must be accomplished to determine: (1) the facts concerning the
loss, damage, or destruction of government property; (2) the amount thereof; (3) the
liability therefore; and (4) whether the individual having accountability and/or
responsibility should be relieved of accountability and/or responsibility without charge or
held pecuniarily liable for the particular item.

3-21. TURN-IN PROCEDURE

Let us first discuss the turn-in procedure. Installation supply activities are
responsible for receiving unserviceable property and, by technical inspections,
determining the cause of unserviceability (fair wear and tear or otherwise) and
subsequent disposition. Therefore, if property is physically on hand that has become
unserviceable through fair wear and tear without apparent fault or neglect, then the
property will be turned in on a DA Form 2765-1 (Request for Issue or Turn-In) or a DA
Form 3161 (Request for Issue or Turn-In). Both forms have the same title. An
exception to the above procedure is the case of the installation supply officer who has
determined that the item is unserviceable from fair wear and tear and classifies the item
as obvious scrap or salvage and directs that it be turned in to the property disposal
officer (POD). In such cases, the turn-in slip will be annotated by the supply officer
showing that the item is of no value except as salvage or scrap and the unserviceable
property will be turned in to the POD. DA Form 2765-1 or DA Form 3161 may also be
used for the turn-in of property that is excess or unauthorized.

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3-22. ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENT REPORT

DA Form 4949 is used when the stock number listed on the property book differs
from the stock number on hand and the difference is within makes, models, or sizes.
This method is only authorized when there has been no actual loss or gain of
Government property. The quantity being picked up and the quantity being dropped
must be the same. Figure 3-16 shows an adjustment in size.

Figure 3-16. Administrative Adjustment Report (DA Form 4949)

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3-23. DD FORM 1131, CASH COLLECTION VOUCHER

When an officer, warrant officer, enlisted person, or civilian employee admits

pecuniary liability in an amount not in excess of the individual's monthly basic pay or a
contractor admits pecuniary liability in any amount for loss, damage, or destruction of
property (except lost weapons) and voluntarily or in response to a request (cash
payment will not be demanded) offers payment of the value thereof in cash, a record of
such payment will be made on DD Form 1131, Cash Collection Voucher (figure 3-17).

a. The property is listed on the form and the statement "Used instead of an
investigation, paragraph 12-3, AR 735-5," is typed on the form.

b. This form does not require approval either locally or at a higher level.

c. A copy of the completed form, receipted by the disbursing officer or agent

officer with whom the collection is deposited, will be used as a credit property voucher in
accordance with applicable accounting procedure. In no case will this procedure be
used to "purchase" property in contravention of standing Army policy or legal
requirements regarding the sale of property.

3-24. DD FORM 362, STATEMENT OF CHARGES

a. A DD Form 362 is prepared when:

(1) Liability for loss, damage, or destruction of Government is admitted.

(2) The charge does not exceed the monthly basic pay of the person being
charged.

(3) Individuals do not offer cash payment.

b. If the charge is not accepted, the name of the individual, the amount of the
charge, and the corresponding quantities column of the articles charged will be lined out
and "Report of Survey" will be written in the column headed "Signature of Individual"
opposite the name of the individual. No property credit will be allowed on a statement of
charges for items so deleted.

c. When property deteriorates with use and technical inspection with

accompanying determination of fair market value cannot be made, make an allowance
for depreciation. Consult published depreciation factors or standards in AR 735-5,
paragraph 14-17.

d. See figure 3-18 for an example of DD Form 362.

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 Figure 3-17. Cash Collection Voucher. (DA Form 1131)

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 Figure 3-18. Statement of Charges for Government Property Lost,
Damaged, or Destroyed (DD Form 362)

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3-25. REPORT OF SURVEY

a. In the event none of the procedures that have been discussed above can be
used in relieving individuals of accountability of responsibility, a report of survey must be
used. This is the purpose of a report of survey---to be used when no other credit or
adjustment method is appropriate. The report of survey is the most important credit
instrument in the Army supply system. It insures that appropriate investigation is made
and that each report is reviewed objectively at a suitable level of command.

b. A report of survey (figures 3-19 and 3-20) is an instrument for recording the
circumstances concerning the loss, damage, or destruction of Army property and serves
as or supports a voucher for dropping articles from the property records. It also serves
to resolve all questions of responsibility for the absence or condition of the articles or
fixes pecuniary liability. This report is not a device for punishment. It is used when no
other method is available for obtaining credit for lost, damaged, or destroyed property.
The report of survey is discussed in more detail in the following paragraphs.

3-26. REPORT OF SURVEY PREPARED ON DA FORM 4697

a. Who does the actual preparing of the report of survey document is immaterial;
however, the ultimate responsibility for insuring that the survey is submitted rests with
the accountable property officer. Generally, a report of survey may be initiated by
anyone who has knowledge of the particular loss, damage, or destruction of an item. A
report of survey will be prepared in at least five copies, utilizing DA Form 4697 (Report
of Survey).

b. Promptness is an important factor in the preparation of the report of survey.

The report must be processed immediately in order that an investigation can be made
and witnesses still are available. Five working days is a target for initiation of survey
action or processing with 15 working days as a maximum permissible delay. Where
there is unavoidable delay, a written statement by the responsible individual explaining
extenuating circumstances will be appended to or included in the survey. A detailed
block-by-block analysis of DA Form 4697 can be found in AR 735-5. When the DA
Form 4697 is completed, it will be forwarded to the appointing authority, who is an
officer authorized to appoint a surveying officer to make a detailed investigation of the
circumstances connected with the loss, damage, or destruction of property listed on
reports of survey.

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 Figure 3-19. Report of Survey (DD Form 4697), front.

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 Figure 3-20. Report of survey (DD Form 4697), reverse side.

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3-27. APPOINTMENT OF SURVEYING OFFICER

a. The appointment of a surveying officer is optional with the appointing

authority. If the appointing authority determines from the facts that no person should be
held liable and that a surveying officer is not required, the appointing authority will make
his recommendations without the services of a surveying officer. If the evidence is
conflicting, insufficient, or not clear, the appointing authority will return the report of
survey to the individual who prepared it for corrective action or will appoint a surveying
officer to conduct a detailed investigation.

b. The appointing authority will appoint officers with training, experience,

aptitude, and competence to conduct the investigation. Officers should be of higher
rank, when reasonable, than the accountable officer in whose property book the
property involved is recorded and from another organization.

3-28. FINDINGS REVIEWED

After investigation, the appointing authority will review the findings to determine
that:

a. Pecuniary charges have been computed, if applicable.

b. Contradictory statements have been resolved.

c. The findings have been stated clearly and the recommendations represent
sound and logical conclusions based on the factors stated in the survey and the policy
stated in the regulation.

d. Those persons against whom pecuniary charges are raised were afforded the
opportunity to make a reply to the charge.

e. The property has been disposed of as applicable.

3-29. APPROVING AUTHORITY

The approving authority is generally the Special Court Martial convening

authority. The approving authority is responsible for the accuracy and sufficiency of all
reports of survey originating at activities under his command or submitted to him for
action. He is responsible for the review of each survey and must take final action by
authority of the Secretary of the Army.

3-30. RECONSIDERATION AND APPEAL

a. Military personnel and civilian employees of the Army are authorized to

request reconsideration or to appeal from the action on reports of survey holding them
pecuniarily liable. Individuals serving at installations where the report originated will

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submit any such request or appeal to the approval authority that acted on the original
report. The request or appeal will be in letterform over the signature of the individual.
Appeals will be forwarded through channels to the General Court Martial authority
having jurisdiction over the command in which the loss occurred.

b. Unless good cause for a greater delay exists, appeals must be filed within two
years. Requests for reconsideration received at any headquarters or staff office will be
forwarded to the headquarters taking final action on the report. The responsible
headquarters may either sustain the action previously taken without reopening the
report or reopen the report. Appeals will be routed and reports reconsidered in the
same manner. In the event the responsible headquarters disallows the appeal, that
office will prepare a memorandum to the appeal authority, setting forth its basis for
disallowing the appeal. The action of the appeal authority is final and no further appeal
is authorized.

3-31. BASIC REFERENCES

The preceding subject matter represents a cursory presentation of medical

materiel management procedures. Should your duties involve you in detail in any of
these areas, you will find the following basic references of much help:

a. AR 40-61. Medical Logistics Policies and Procedures.

b. AR 710--2, Supply Policy Below Wholesale Level.

c. DA Pam 710-2-1, Using Unit Supply System. (Manual Procedures)

d. AR 735-5, Policies and Procedures for Property Accountability.

e. SB 8-15 Series, Army Medical Service Supply Information.

f. S8 700-20, Army Adopted and Other Items of Materiel Selected for

Authorization/List of Reportable Items.

h. CTA 8-100. Army Medical Department. Expendable Supplies.

i. CTA 50-970, Expendable Items.

j. HSC (Health Services Command) PAM 710-2. AMEODPAS Users Manual.

Continue with Exercises

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EXERCISES, LESSON 3

INSTRUCTIONS: The following exercises are to be answered by marking the

lettered response that best answers the question or by completing the incomplete
statement or by writing the answer in the space provided.

After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the
end of the lesson and check your answers.

1. The two principal classes into which military property is divided are:

a. Supplies and equipment.

b. Expendable and nonexpendable supplies.

c. Improved and unimproved property.

d. Real property, and supplies and equipment.

2. Expendable supplies are recognized by the fact that they are:

a. Excluded from lists of nonexpendable supplies.

b. Issued to users.

c. Consumed or lose their identity in use.

d. Hand receipted to the user.

3. When a property book officer issues medical equipment to a hand receipt holder,
which of the following statements applies to the situation?

a. Both officers have property book accountability but neither has property
responsibility.

b. The property book officer has accountability; the hand receipt holder has
responsibility for the property.

c. Neither officer has property accountability but both have property

responsibility.

d. The property book officer has responsibility; the hand receipt holder has
accountability for the property.

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4. The property book officer appointed by the commander of a military unit may be
all of the following EXCEPT:

a. A commissioned officer.

b. A DA civilian employee GS-7 or higher.

c. An E-3 enlisted person.

d. A noncommissioned officer (in certain instances.)

e. A warrant officer.

5. A hand receipt records the issue of property in which of the following

circumstances?

a. From installation to organization supply officer.

b. From property book officer to user directly responsible for the property.

c. Between users.

d. All of the above.

6. When using DA Form 3161 (request for Issue or turn-In) as a change document,
the property book officer should adjust the balances on the permanent hand
receipt once every:

a. Thirty days.

b. Three months.

c. Six months.

d. Year

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 7. Which of the following in NOT a method of obtaining relief from property
responsibility?

a. Report of Survey.

b. Turn-In.

c. Inventory Adjustment Report.

d. Cash Collection Voucher.

8. The Julian date is 9118. What is the calendar date?

a. 28 April 1989.

b. 9 November 1988.

c. 1 April 1989.

d. 1 April 1989.

9. What will the Julian date be for July 15, 1992, a leap year?

a. 0196.

b. 2196.

c. 7152.

d. 2197.

10. The property book officer maintains document registers for:

a. Expendable and non-expendable supply transactions.

b. Personal and organization property.

c. Non-expendable supplies and repair parts.

d. Supplies purchased at the self-service supply center.

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11. The document file includes all documents that:

a. Pertain to repair parts.

b. Concern the expendable items in kits and sets.

c. Support entries in the property book.

d. Pertain to both a and b above.

12. Property responsibility is defined as the obligation:

a. To keep records such as stock record accounts.

b. Of individuals to reimburse the Government for loss, damage, or destruction of

military property.

c. To keep records such as property books.

d. Of an individual for the proper custody, care, and safekeeping of property

entrusted to his care or under his supervision.

13. Which of the following forms should a property book officer use to turn in a
typewriter to the supply activity?

a. DA Form 2402.

b. DA Form 3328.

c. DA Form 2765-1.

d. DA Form 2165.

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14. Which of the following forms may be used to account for a $500 electric typewriter
that has been lost. No one admits liability.

a. DA Form 4949.

b. DD Form 1131.

c. DA Form 4696.

d. DD Form 362.

15. An officer admits pecuniary liability for the loss of an office chair valued at $46 and
desires to pay cash for it. Which one of the following forms would be used to
recover the loss to the Government?

a. Inventory Adjustment Report.

b. Cash Collection Voucher.

c. Statement of Charges.

d. Report of Survey.

16. A lost personal weapon is accounted for on a report of survey in order to provide
relief from responsibility and to:

a. Advise other units to be on the lookout for the lost weapon.

b. Speed up the process of obtaining relief.

c. Punish the individual responsible for the weapon.

d. Determine how the loss occurred.

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17. Which of the following is an example of a nonexpendable item of supply?

a. A bottle of aspirin tablets.

b. A dental operating chair.

c. A bottle of tannic acid.

d. A box of cotton balls.

18. A ready reserve unit planned for deployment and needing a routine supply item
would use which one of the following priority codes when requesting the item?

a. 03.

b. 09.

c. 12.

d. 14.

Check Your Answers on Next Page

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SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES, LESSON 3

1. (para 3-2)

2. (para 3-2b(1))

3. (para’s 3-4, 3-5)

4. (para 3-6b)

5. (para 3-7b(2))

6. (para 3-16)

7. (para 3-19)

8. (para 3-12a; fig 3-12)

9. (para 3-12a; fig 3-13)

10. (para 3-7b(3))

11. (para 3-1b(4))

12. (para 3-5)

13. (para 3-21)

14. (para 3-25a)

15. (para 3-23)

16. (para 3-19)

17. (para’s 3-2b(1), (2))

18. (para 3-13)

End of Lesson 3

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 APPENDIX

SELECTED EXTRACTS FROM THE FEDERAL SUPPLY CATALOG,

MEDICAL CATALOG
AND
58 8-75-11

Contents Page

Introduction Table of Contents……………………………………………… A-2

Introduction…………………………………………………………………… A-4

Therapeutic Index Table of Contents……………………………………… A-6

Therapeutic Index……………………………………………………………. A-8

Approved Item Name Index (Explanation)………………………………… A-9

Acquisition Advice Code (AAC)…………………………………………….. A-10

Unit of Issue (UI)…………………………………………………………….… A-11

Authorized Abbreviations…………………………………………………….. A-12

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE)……………………………… A-13

Identification List-NSN Index…………………………………………………. A-14

Frame Index of a Microfiche Page…………………………………………… A-15

Colloquial to Approved Item Name Index……………………………………. A-16

Item name Index……………………………………………………………….. A-17

Medical Catalog Vol. I, Identification List. II………………………………. A-19

Component within Set/Kit/Outfit Index, Vol. II………………………………. A-29

Item Name Index, Vol. II……………………………………………………… A-31

Component NIIN to SKO NIIN Index………………………………………… A-32

Components of Sets, Kits, and Outfits……………………………………… A-33

Master Cross Reference List (MCRL) Vol. III……………………………… A-37

Extract of SB 8-75-11, dated 30 November 1988…………………………. A-38

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 1988SB 8-75-ll

SECTION I

GENERAL MEDICAL MATERIEL INFORMATION

1. AVAILABILITY OF MAINTENANCE SERVICES.

The availability of maintenance services for specific nonstandard equipment and

components from the USAMMA Medical Equipment Maintenance Divisions is identified
at Appendix IV. The appendix identifies supportable nonstandard equipment and
components; non-reparable end items/components and limited support
items/components. The supportable nonstandard equipment and components may be
shipped without prior approval, although prior coordination is encouraged.

2. ELECTROSTATIC-DISCHARGE PROTECTION.

A. Background

(1) This article is the second in a series that explains how electrostatic-
discharge (ESD) poses a serious problem to anyone using electronic devices. Keep
watching the supply bulletin for the third and final article of this series.

(2) When a medical device functions, it must be repaired. The responsibility

for this task usually belongs to medical maintenance personnel who ironically, may pose
additional problems to the device by inducing ESD damage.

(3) Frequently field support is the weakest link in the ESD control program.
After assessing the scope of the problem encountered, the strategy of minimizing the
ESD damage will be emphasized. Finally, a list of procedures that can be followed by
shop personnel to reduce the risk of ESD and the Ten Myths of Static Damage are
shown in Appendix V-A.

B. Problem

(1) A major ESD problem in the user environment is caused by the variation
of temperature and relative humidity (RH). On occasion, the ambient temperature and
RH create conditions for unusually high levels of electrostatic voltage. Appendix V-B
demonstrates typical voltage potential under these conditions.

(2) The most unpredictable aspects of the user environment are the work
habits of the individual user. They are often improperly educated regarding the
possibility of damage caused by static electricity.

(3) The principal threat to the electronic and medical devices is ESD
damaging components such as transistors, resistors and operational.

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SECTION II

MEDICAL MATERIEL CLASSIFICATION ACTIONS

Section II of the DA SB 8-75 Series reflects the following page numbering

system:

(1) All pages for the Availability Announcements of NSNs begin with the
letter A.

(2) All pages for tile Revised Availability Announcements of NSNs begin
with the letter R.

(3) All pages for the Federal Supply Class Changes begin with the letter C.

(4) All pages for the Listing of NSN/MCN Deleted Replacements begin with
the letter D.

CONTENTS OF SECTION II

Availability Announcements OF NSNs_____________________ Page A-001

Revised Availability Announcements of NSNs_______________ Page R-001

Federal Supply Class Changes___________________________ Page C-001

Deleted Replacements__________________________________ Page D-001

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MEDICAL MATERIEL CLASSIFICATIONS ACTIONS

1. This section of the DA SB 8-75 series has been automated in an effort to provide
each activity with the most current materiel classification actions regarding the
assignment and availability of NSNs, in addition to MCN.NSN deletion/replacement
actions. Section II of this Supply Bulletin contains the following sections:
a. Availability Announcements of NSNs.

b. Revised Availability Announcements of NSNs.

c. Federal Supply Class Changes.
d. Deleted/Replacements.
2. “AVAILABILITY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NATIONAL STOCK NUMBERS.”

This will list newly assigned NSNs with descriptive data and availability date.
Newly assigned NSNs with AAC "L" will reflect an availability date ("Aval Date") equal to
the date the NSN was assigned. An NSN with AAC “D” will reflect the date when item is
to be available from depot stock. NSNs (AAC "D") pending a valid availability date will
not be announced until a date is known.

3. "REVISED AVAILABILITY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NATIONAL STOCK

NUMBERS.”

Items listed with in this part will reflect NSNs previously announced as available,
however, due to an AAC change a new availability data is being assigned (that is, items
reclassified from AAC (L” to “D”). The absence of an availability date indicates the item
is not yet available under the new AAC. NSNs with an Interchangeable and Substitute
(I&S) relationship to another NSN are noted adjacent to the word ‘RELATIONSHIP’ for
information purposes only. The monthly ARMS Army Master Data File (ARMS) should
be consulted for the explanation of the relationship.

4. “FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASS CHANGES.”

These changes will list newly assigned NSNs in which only the FSC has been
changed. The old and new NSN will be reflected.

5. “LISTING OF MCN/NSN DELETED/REPLACEMENTS.”

This section lists MCN/NSNs that are deleted, and if available an authorized
replacement NSN.

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 NSN NOMENCLATURE AVAIL DATE U/I EST. PRICE

6505-01-150-4949 VINCRISTINE SULFATE INJECTION USP IMG PER ML 23 SEP 88 VI $15.00

IML MULTI DOSE VIAL

MANUFACTURER: LILLY ELI AND CO AAC: D

PHARMACEUTICAL DIV
LILLY CORPORATE CENTER
INDIANAPOLIS IN., 46285 NOTES: DGP

NDC/CAT NO.: 7194

6505-01-151-2341 VINCRISTINE SULFATE INJECTION 2MG 2ML 23 SEP 88 VI $30.00

MANUFACTURER: LILLY ELI AND CO AAC: D

PHARMACEUTICAL DIV
LILLY CORPORATE CENTER NOTES: DG P
INDIANAPOLIS IN., 46265

NDC/CAT NO.: NOCOOO02-7195-01

TRADE NAME: ONCOVIN

6505-01-174-2384 CROMOLVN SOOIUM NASAL SOLUTION USP 40MG/ML, 29 SEP 88 PG $ 8.00

100 SPRAYS 13ML.

MANUFACTURER: FISONS CORP. AAC: D

2 PRESTON COURT
BEDFORD, MA, 01730-2334 NOTES: P

NOC/CAT NO.: NOCO0585-0871-02

TRADE NAME: NASALCROM NASAL SOLUTION

A-DI9

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 NSN NOMENCLATURE AVAIL DATE U/I EST. PRICE

6505-01-250-5830 TERBUTALINE SULFATE INJECTION USP, ML AMPUL 1005 PG $ 48.00

OLD AAC: L NEW AAC: D RELATIONSHIP: NOT YET AVAIL.

6505-01-272-1975 MIDAZDLAM HVDROCHLDRIDE INJ IMG INTRAMUSCULAR & IV 5ML ID VI PG PG $ 167.00

OLD AAC. L NEW AAC: D RELATIONSHIP: NOT YET AVAIL.

6505-01-274-2720 CHOLESTVRAMINE FOR ORAL SUSPENSION USP 4GM EQUIV/OOSE 378GM CN $ 11.00
OLD AAC. L NEW AAC: D RELATIONSHIP: NOT YEY AVAIL.

6505-0'-280-4732 PERITONEAL OIALVSIS SOLUTION 2000ML 03 JUN 88 PG $ 40.00

PLASTIC BAG 6 PER PACKAGE
OLD AAC: D NEW AAC. L RELATIONSHIP: NOT DMSB STZD

6515-00-243-4708 AUDIDMETER DUAL CHANNEL 115 VDLT 50-60 HZ AC 01 DEC 88 EA $4,638.00

OLD AAC: Y NEW AAC. A

6515-01-078-0739 BLADE SURG KNIFE DETACHABLE SZ 25 LARGE TANG

CARBON STEEL 150S 15 JUN 80 PG $ 18.00
OLD AAC. L NEW AAC. D

6515-01-092-2220 PROTECTOR TRANSDUCER PHVSIOLOGICAL PRESS LINDEN STER DISP 20S PG $ 100.00
OLD AAC. L NEW AAC. D RELATIONSHIP. NOT VET AVAIL

6515-01-143-2880 SUTURE AB5 5URG GA5TRO-INTE5TINAL 5Z

2-0 27" 5GL ARMEO 5TER 365. 05 MAR 85 PG $ 35.00
OLD AAC: Y NEW AAC. L RELATIONSHIP. NOT DMSB STZD

R-003

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 NSN NOMENCLATURE REPLACMENT FOR

6530-01-265-3379 DUST COVER PLASTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SET CLEAR 12X20 250S 8105-01-265-3379

6550-01-025-2852 TEST KIT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES COMPONENT QTY 90 6630-01-025-2852

6550-01-153-4258 CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE ISOENZYME REAGENT KIT 6505-01-153-4258

6550-01-153-4459 CALCIUM A REAGENT 3.8 LITER 6505-01-153-4459

6550-01-162-1265 SENSITIVITY DISCS DIAGNOSTIC AMPICILLIN 2MCFG/DISK 500 DISCS/PG 6505-01-162-1265

6630-01-181-1412 TUBE CONNECTING DILUTOR SAMPLE 6640-01-181-1412

6630-01-252-7554 HOUSING ELECTRODE CLEAR PLASTIC 2”LX2”W C/O RUBBER O-RING 6640-01-252-7554

8125-01-134-0908 SEAL PROTECTIVE BOTTLE CLOSURE REINFORCED PLAS RD 6530-01-134-0308

28MM DISP 900S

8940-01-156-2269 FORMULA INF FEED 24 CAL/OZ PREMATURE SING-HOLE NIP 3 OZ 24 6505-01-156-2269

C-001

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LISTING OF NSN/MCH DELETED REPLACMENTS

TERMINAL NSN/MCN AAC REPLACEMENT NSN.MNC PHC

5920011897055 Y V
6505000094968 Y V
6505000883931 Y V
6505001048652 Y V
6505001175530 Y 6505010994064 Z
6505001178620 Y V
6505001182129 Y V
6505001335825 Y 6505001296709 Z
6505001342943 Y V
6505001490109 Y V
6505010151492 Y V
6505010260350 Y 6505011115034 Z
6505010340852 Y 6505011532980 Z
6505010408248 Y 6505011342210 Z
6505010662742 Y 6505012308729 Z
6505010774950 Y V
6505011533384 Y 6505000644179 Z
6505011533436 Y V
6505011533771 Y V
6505011533782 Y V
6505011533785 Y V
6505011534319 Y V
6505011562125 Y V
6505011562154 Y V
6505011621424 Y V
6505011621493 Y V
6505011393958 Y V
6505012144647 Y V
6505012241316 Y V
6505012289428 Y V
6505012289866 Y V
6505012799626 Y 6505012840942 Z
6505012845696 Y 6505011787737 A
6509001817489 Y V
6508012082420 Y V
6508012144652 Y V
6508012164980 Y V
6508012193862 Y V
6508012219052 Y V
6508012241314 Y V
6508012243296 Y V
6510000547474 Y 6510011397538 A
6510008792259 Y V
6510012594300 Y V
6515002161960 Y V
6515004712857 Y V
6515008275687 Y 6515004361881 Z

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