The American Red Cross is asking all of our customers to be prepared to receive the ISBT 128-labeled products no later than August 31, 2007. Please see the November 2006 ISBT 128 Customer Communication for Northern New England or the November 2006 ISBT 128 Customer Communication for Massachusetts for information. To find more about ISBT 128, please visit the ICCBBA International Committee for Commonality in Blood Banking Automation (ICCBBA) website. The following materials are available to help you in this process.

• Introduction To ISBT 128
• ISBT 128 Technical Specification, Version 2.1.0
• Industry Consensus Standard, ISBT 128 - November 1999
• ISBT 128 FAQs
• ISBT 128 Translation Table
• Planning for Hospital Conversion To ISBT 128
• ISBT 128 Label
• ISBT 128 Update
• ISBT 128 Hospital Assessment Tool
• ISBT 128 Implementation Checklist
• ISBT Source Codes (Note: PDF file)

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