Meet the global standard for blood, tissue, and organ identification

ISBT 128 sets a global standard for the identification, labeling and information processing of human blood, tissue and organ products across international borders and disparate health care systems. The standard has been designed and perfected over a 13 year period to ensure the highest levels of accuracy, safety and efficiency for the benefit of donors, patients and official ISBT 128 licensed facilities worldwide.

What's New

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE - ICCBBA has changed their telephone and fax numbers.  The new telephone number is +1 909 793-6516.  The new fax number is +1 909 793-6214.  Please update your contact info to reflect these changes.

Annual Award - ICCBBA announces the inauguration of an annual award.  This award will recognize professionals whose cumulative record demonstrates an important contribution to the understanding and application of international information standards in transfusion and transplantation medicine.  Click here for more information.

13 May 2007

Technical Specification v3.3.0 - A new version of the ISBT 128 Technical Specification has been released and supersedes the previous 3.2.0 version.  Changes made to the new version can be tracked in its version control sheet.

12 May 2008

ATAG membership - ICCBBA is seeking additional volunteer members for its Americas Technical Advisory Group (ATAG). The ATAG members work with international colleagues to develop consensus on updates and revisions to the ISBT 128 Standard. Prospective members must be from an ICCBBA registered facility in Central, South, or North America and have expertise in transfusion practice and blood bank laboratory methods with a special interest in the labeling of blood and in electronic messaging.  Travel expenses to the ATAG annual meeting will be covered by ICCBBA.  If you are interested in one of these positions, please email a one page description of your interests and qualifications to atag@iccbba.org.

8 May 2008

Document name change - The document formerly titled Bounded Lists and Definitions was recently changed to Standard Terminology for Blood, Cellular Therapy, and Tissue Product Descriptions.  Aside from the usual monthly updates, the contents and structure of the document remains consistent.  Please view its version control sheet to track the monthly updates.

5 May 2008

Version 3.14.0 of the ISBT 128 product code database is now available to licensed facilities. Updates are listed in the version control sheet. The new database can be downloaded as an Access database or as text file tables.
2 May 2008

Registered facilities database - We have updated our database to reflect all current additions and corrections.  It is available as an Excel spreadsheet or in Text format.  View it here.

2 May 2008

Joint ICCBBA-GS1 international meeting - GS1 and ICCBBA are working together to ensure compatibility between their respective standards.  This conference has been organized to identify the needs of the global community of users and manufacturers of derivatives, regulatory and standard setting bodies, and other interested parties.  Click here for more information.  Attendance is limited.  Please notify ICCBBA if you will be attending.

30 April 2008

GS1 and ICCBBA Collaboration - Read here for an update on what GS1 and ICCBBA are doing to standardize labeling for blood derivatives that can be read by either GS1 or ISBT 128 compatible software.

19 March 2008

Special Testing database - a new version of the Special Testing database has been posted to reflect retired codes.

4 March 2008

Newsletter - The new ICCBBA Newsletter has been published. Topics include the new ICCBBA Board of Directors and the overall growth of the company.  Read it here!

18 February 2008

 

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