What information is available to provide to hospital customers to help in the training effort of nursing and other personnel for the new label, unit number configuration, etc?
Booklets outlining ISBT 128 for blood components, tissues and HPCs [hematopoietic progenitor cells] are available on the ICCBBA, Inc. Web site. Log on the ICCBBA, Inc Web site and check out the materials available. Label examples in the available documents may be used to customize the label for a blood center or transfusion service. An implementation plan is available from the AABB on its Web site (http://www.aabb.org/Content/Members_Area/Labeling/ISBT_128/) for no charge to members. A printed version of the plan is available for $20. Hospital transfusion services will need sample labels from their blood center to use in validation and testing of their software. Bar codes to use for this purpose can also be found on the ICCBBA, Inc Web site.
