DBIA3181-I ICR (3189)

Name

Value

NUMBER

3189

IA #

3189

DATE CREATED

2000/09/07

CUSTODIAL PACKAGE

VBECS

CUSTODIAL ISC

Chicago

USAGE

Controlled Subscription

TYPE

Routine

ROUTINE

VBECA1

NAME

DBIA3181-I

ORIGINAL NUMBER

3181

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The entry point AUTO^VBECA1(DFN, .ARR) is provided by
the VistA Blood Establishment Computer Software (VBECS) package to return
data, for a particular patient, stored in the BLOOD INVENTORY file (#65) using
fields COMPONENT (.04), EXPIRATION DATE/TIME (#.06), and RESTRICTED FOR (#8).
The Application Programmer Interface (API) will build an array in which each
element will contain the available autologous units found for the DFN of the
patient provided in the call.

STATUS

Retired

DURATION

Till Otherwise Agreed

VBECA1

COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT

COMPONENT DESCRIPTION

VARIABLES

AUTO

INPUT DEFINITION:

DFN = internal entry number from the PATIENT file (#2) (Passed as a
parameter).  You must precede the internal entry number with the accent grave
character ( ` ).

.ARR = The name of an array that will store the value of any absent antigens
found by the function.  Must be passed by reference.


OUTPUT DEFINITION:

ARR = The name of the array, passed to the API by reference, that will be used
to store the available autologous units via the function.

Retrieve available autologous units on the patient.  If none exist on record,
the array will be returned empty.

For each available autologous unit found, the array element will be assigned
the component type value at the first data piece and the expiration date value
at the second data piece.

The populated array be returned with the following structure:

ARR("AUTO",n) = Component Type ^ Expiration Date

Where "n" is a sequential index number.

VARIABLES

TYPE

VARIABLES DESCRIPTION

DFN

Input

This is the internal entry number from the PATIENT
file (#2) (Passed as a parameter).  You must precede the internal entry number
with the accent grave character ( ` ).

.ARR

Both

The name of the array, passed to the API by
reference, that will be used to store the available autologous units via the
function.

Retrieve available autologous units on the patient.  If none exist on record,
the array will be returned empty.

For each available autologous unit found, the array element will be assigned
the component type value at the first data piece and the expiration date value
at the second data piece.

The populated array be returned with the following structure: ARR("AUTO",n) =
Component Type ^ Expiration Date Where "n" is a sequential index number.

SUBSCRIBING PACKAGE

SUBSCRIBING PACKAGE	ISC
LAB SERVICE	Dallas