ISBT 128 Implementation

Canadian Blood Services will be implementing ISBT 128 on May 30/31, 2009.

 ISBT 128 Checklist for Hospitals

The following posters were developed by the Ontario ISBT 128 Working group to aid hospitals in the training of clinical staff (RNs and Physicians and other Health Care professionals). They are versions of the posters provided to hospitals by CBS, simplified to highlight the key areas on the label relevant to clinical staff.

 ISBT 128�13 digit donation number

 Extended codabar 11 digit donation number

Meditech Problems and Solutions

Sunquest Problems and Solutions

Please refer to the Canadian Blood Services Website for additional implementation information.

CBS ISBT 128 Information