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DAFI 41-230

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MEDICAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT

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DAFI 41-230, "MEDICAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT", is a Department of the Air Force publication, dated July 24, 2025.

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DAFI 41-230 — index record

NumberDAFI 41-230
TitleMEDICAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT
PublishedJuly 24, 2025
Certified currentJuly 24, 2025
Guidance memorandumMay 12, 2026
Office of primary responsibilityAF/SG
Issued byHeadquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the indexCurrent
Last index actionGM, May 18, 2026
Source indexAir Force e-Publishing
Index last readOctober 20, 2026

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Purpose, in the publication’s words

This guidance memorandum is applicable to the entire DAF, including all uniformed members of the Regular Air Force (RegAF), United States Space Force (USSF), Air Force Reserve (AFR) and Air National Guard (ANG), except where noted otherwise, as well as to all DAF civilian employees, and those with a contractual obligation to abide by the terms of DAF issuances. Specific changes to the DAFI are listed in the attachment.

Summary of changes, as printed

This document is new. This instruction supersedes AFI 41-201, 10 October 2017, Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 41-209, 4 January 2019, and AFMAN 41-216, 7 January 2019. Legacy and Service-specific technical procedures, and Defense Health Agency (DHA) publications have been evaluated for Active Duty (AD) readiness requirements and transferred into Technical Order (TO) TO 13C7-34-2-1-WA-1, Operations and Manual - Operational Medical Logistics. Substantive additions to this publication were made for the management of the Air Force Working Capital Fund / Medical-Dental Division (AFWCF/MDD) and the sustainment of the WRM in relation to operational and audit readiness, accountability, and funding to comply with Department of Defense (DoD) 7000.14-R, Financial Management Regulation, Volume 1, Chapter 9, Financial Records Retention and service contract management delegation of authority IAW DoDI 5000.72, DoD Standard for Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) Certification.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1—GENERAL OVERVIEWp. 8
  2. Chapter 2—DATA RECORDS, DOCUMENTATION, AND QUALITY CONTROLp. 19
  3. Chapter 3—INVENTORY MANAGEMENTp. 20
  4. Section 3A—Issues and Ordersp. 20
  5. Section 3B—Receiptsp. 21
  6. Section 3C—Gains and Losses of Inventoryp. 22
  7. Section 3D—Storagep. 24
  8. Section 3E—Shippingp. 25
  9. Section 3F—Excessp. 25
  10. Section 3G—DAF FLIPLp. 26
  11. Chapter 4—PROCUREMENTp. 27
  12. Section 4A—Purchasingp. 27
  13. Section 4B—Service Contractsp. 28
  14. Chapter 5—CONTROLLED MEDICAL ITEMSp. 29
  15. Chapter 6—MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENTp. 34
  16. Chapter 8—DAF CMM MANAGEMENTp. 38
  17. Section 8A—General Managementp. 38
  18. Section 8B—WRM Managementp. 40
  19. Section 8C—Home Station Medical Response (HSMR)p. 49
  20. Section 8D—Patient Movement Item (PMI)p. 50
  21. Chapter 9—CONTINGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAMp. 52
  22. Chapter 11—MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ELECTRICAL SAFETYp. 57
  23. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 58
  24. Attachment 2—MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENTp. 74
All 120 contents entries
  1. Chapter 1—GENERAL OVERVIEWp. 8
  2. 1.1. Overviewp. 8
  3. 1.2. Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 8
  4. 1.3. DAF Military Treatment Facility (MTF) Commander Roles and Responsibilitiesp. 11
  5. 1.4. AFWCF/MDD Stock Record Accountp. 15
  6. 1.5. Unit Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Fundsp. 16
  7. 1.6. Support to Detached Unitsp. 17
  8. Chapter 2—DATA RECORDS, DOCUMENTATION, AND QUALITY CONTROLp. 19
  9. 2.1. Purposep. 19
  10. 2.2. Medical Materiel Records or Property Accounting Documentsp. 19
  11. 2.3. Materiel and Property Documents Processingp. 19
  12. 2.4. Quality Controlp. 19
  13. 2.5. Filing Source Documentationp. 19
  14. Chapter 3—INVENTORY MANAGEMENTp. 20
  15. Section 3A—Issues and Ordersp. 20
  16. 3.1. Purposep. 20
  17. 3.2. Responsibilitiesp. 20
  18. 3.3. General Inventory Issue Instructionsp. 20
  19. Section 3B—Receiptsp. 21
  20. 3.4. Backorder Proceduresp. 21
  21. 3.5. Authorization to Receive Controlled Itemsp. 21
  22. 3.6. Generalp. 21
  23. 3.7. Receiving Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)p. 21
  24. Section 3C—Gains and Losses of Inventoryp. 22
  25. 3.8. Reporting and Documenting Discrepancies in Shipmentp. 22
  26. 3.9. Generalp. 22
  27. 3.10. Customer Turn-Insp. 22
  28. 3.11. Destructions and Credit Returnsp. 23
  29. 3.12. Inventorying SRA Operating Suppliesp. 23
  30. 3.13. Gifts and Donationsp. 23
  31. 3.14. Materiel Withdrawn from DLA-DSp. 23
  32. 3.15. Transfers to DLA-DSp. 23
  33. Section 3D—Storagep. 24
  34. 3.16. Generalp. 24
  35. 3.17. Controlled Medical Itemsp. 24
  36. 3.18. Deteriorative Itemsp. 24
  37. Section 3E—Shippingp. 25
  38. Section 3F—Excessp. 25
  39. 3.19. Hazardous Materialsp. 25
  40. 3.20. Accessp. 25
  41. 3.21. Shipment Fundingp. 25
  42. 3.23. Generalp. 25
  43. Section 3G—DAF FLIPLp. 26
  44. 3.24. Generalp. 26
  45. Chapter 4—PROCUREMENTp. 27
  46. Section 4A—Purchasingp. 27
  47. 4.1. Generalp. 27
  48. 4.2. Fundsp. 27
  49. 4.3. Follow-upp. 27
  50. 4.4. PV and Electronic Catalog (ECAT)p. 27
  51. 4.5. Medical Gasesp. 27
  52. Section 4B—Service Contractsp. 28
  53. 4.6. Centrally Procured Vaccinesp. 28
  54. 4.7. Generalp. 28
  55. Chapter 5—CONTROLLED MEDICAL ITEMSp. 29
  56. 5.1. Purposep. 29
  57. 5.2. Generalp. 29
  58. 5.3. Responsibilitiesp. 29
  59. 5.4. DEA Registrationp. 29
  60. 5.5. Item Managementp. 30
  61. 5.6. Receiving Controlled Medical Itemsp. 31
  62. 5.7. Issue of Controlled Pharmaceutical Itemsp. 31
  63. 5.8. Inventory of Controlled Medical Itemsp. 31
  64. 5.9. Reporting Loss or Theft of SRA Controlled Medical Itemsp. 32
  65. 5.10. Storage of Controlled Medical Itemsp. 32
  66. 5.11. Commercial Credit Returnsp. 32
  67. Chapter 6—MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENTp. 34
  68. 6.1. Purposep. 34
  69. 6.2. Accountable Equipmentp. 34
  70. 6.3. Validating AFWCF Equipment Due-insp. 34
  71. 6.4. Processing AFWCF Medical Equipment Receiptsp. 34
  72. 6.5. Issue of Deployed Medical Equipmentp. 35
  73. 6.6. Inventory of Deployed Medical Equipmentp. 35
  74. 6.7. Deployed Medical Equipment Documentationp. 35
  75. 6.8. Deployed Medical Equipment Unable to Locate (UL) for Maintenancep. 36
  76. 6.9. Marking Medical Equipment and Durable Suppliesp. 36
  77. 6.10. Loan of Deployed Medical Equipmentp. 36
  78. 7.1. Purposep. 37
  79. 7.2. Responsibilitiesp. 37
  80. Chapter 8—DAF CMM MANAGEMENTp. 38
  81. Section 8A—General Managementp. 38
  82. 8.1. Purposep. 38
  83. 8.2. Generalp. 38
  84. 8.3. Selecting Contingency Materielp. 38
  85. 8.4. Assemblage Identification Codesp. 38
  86. 8.5. Deferred Procurement Programsp. 39
  87. 8.6. AFMS WRM Accountability and Management of 463L Pallets and Netsp. 39
  88. 8.7. SLEP and Expiration Dated Itemsp. 39
  89. Section 8B—WRM Managementp. 40
  90. 8.8. WRM UTC Continuity Filesp. 40
  91. 8.9. Use of Build Control Number (BCN) Field in DMLSSp. 40
  92. 8.10. Detached Medical Unit WRM Supportp. 40
  93. 8.11. Purposep. 40
  94. 8.12. Control and Accountabilityp. 41
  95. 8.13. Computing WRM Requirements and Levelsp. 43
  96. 8.14. Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI)p. 43
  97. 8.15. Surgeon General Managed Equipment (SGME)p. 44
  98. 8.16. Low Unit of Measurep. 44
  99. 8.17. Non-medical WRM Itemsp. 45
  100. 8.18. Loaner, Repair and Return Centers (LRRC)p. 45
  101. 8.19. Fundingp. 45
  102. 8.20. Reporting WRM Asset Availabilityp. 45
  103. 8.21. Use of Medical WRMp. 46
  104. 8.22. Shipping WRMp. 47
  105. 8.23. Loan of WRMp. 48
  106. 8.24. Joint Use Equipmentp. 48
  107. Section 8C—Home Station Medical Response (HSMR)p. 49
  108. 8.25. Purposep. 49
  109. 8.26. Accountabilityp. 49
  110. 8.27. Levels, Requirements, Inventory, and Storagep. 49
  111. Section 8D—Patient Movement Item (PMI)p. 50
  112. 8.28. Fundingp. 50
  113. 8.29. Use of HSMRp. 50
  114. 8.30. Purposep. 50
  115. 8.31. Accountabilityp. 50
  116. 8.32. Collectionp. 50
  117. Chapter 9—CONTINGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAMp. 52
  118. Chapter 11—MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ELECTRICAL SAFETYp. 57
  119. Attachment 1—GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATIONp. 58
  120. Attachment 2—MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENTp. 74

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