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ISBT128 LABELING STANDARD FAQs

How do blood centers that have implemented ISBT 128 intend to address inventoried products frozen using the ABC Codabar labeling protocol or units imported from other suppliers that have not yet transitioned to ISBT 128?

Most software has proven compatible with Codabar and ISBT 128. Thus, no special accommodation is needed. Facilities using software that does not accommodate both codes may re-number units using a system that allows for traceability. Many hospitals who have obtained blood from multiple blood centers have successfully used such a re-numbering protocol. The implementation plan that AABB has published on its Web site (http://www.aabb.org/members_only/archives/other/isbt128plan.htm) addresses this issue.