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Defense Department form, series DD, number 573. Full title: DD Form 573, Shipping Inventory of Blood Products, November 1981. Function: Shipping Inventory of Blood Products. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 2 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 142.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- Row 1. Enter unit number
- Blood type (ABO and Rh).
- Kind of product. 3 letter code (see back).
- Expiration date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Row 2. Enter unit number
- Blood type.
- Kind of product.
- Expiration date.
- Row 3. Enter unit number
- Blood type.
- Kind of product.
- Expiration date.
- Row 4. Enter unit number
- Blood type.
- Kind of product.
- Expiration date.
- Row 5. Enter unit number
- Blood type.
- Kind of product.
- Expiration date.
- Row 6. Enter unit number
- Blood type.
- Kind of product.
- Expiration date.
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
Some procedures pair a DD form with a service form. The two numbering systems are separate — service forms answer to a service proponent, DD forms to not stated or another Department office — and a matching number in each system means nothing.
Forms are reissued for several reasons: directive revision, changed data requirements, updated notice language. Confirming not stated at the moment of download covers the risk.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 573?
- DD Form 573, Shipping Inventory of Blood Products, November 1981
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?