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What's new
Address Change for All Check RemittancesOn Friday, May 14, 2010 our check remittance processing was relocated from Charlotte, North Carolina to Los Angeles, California. Because of this move, the lockbox number was changed. This will require you to use a new address to send check payments via U.S. Postal Service or courier. As a result, please update your records with the new address and lockbox information below. Effective immediately, you need to use the following address for all remittances delivered via U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Address: ICCBBA P.O. Box 748016 Los Angeles, CA 90074-8016 For more information, contact us at 1-909-793-6516
ISBT 128 Cellular Therapy Letter- Thank you to all who completed the survey regarding the ISBT 128 implementation status for cellular therapy facilities around the world! The survey is now closed at this time. If your organization has not already fully implemented ISBT 128, we encourage you to move to the next step in implementation. That is, we encourage you to begin using ISBT 128 label designs and bar codes. Please follow this link to read the joint letter recently released by ICCBBA and other supporting organizations. 23 Jul 2010
ICCBBA One World Award - Through the One World Award, ICCBBA will strive to regularly acknowledge professionals who significantly contribute to the understanding and application of international information standards in transfusion and transplantation medicine. We are again accepting nominations for this award. Self nominations are also welcome. The previous winner, Dr. Charles Munk, recently presented his award lecture at the ISBT Congress in Berlin, Germany. Congratulations Charles! 07 July 2010 Registered facilities database - An updated facility identification database is now available to licensed facilities. The database contains the names and locations of all ICCBBA registered facilities worldwide and their assigned facility identification numbers. It is available both as an Excel file (collection_facilities.xls) and as a tab delimited Text file (collection_facilities.txt). Both documents are available from the download area of the web site. Amendments to entries in these tables should be notified to the ICCBBA office. (For US facilities registered and/or licensed with the FDA, the name and location of your facility should match what appears on your FDA registration or license.) View it here. 07 Jul 2010 Version 3.39.0 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. ICCBBA and ISBT 128 - Value for Money?- The National Health Service has published two articles regarding ICCBBA and ISBT 128 labeling in their latest online issue of NHS Blood and Transplant Matters. http://hospital.blood.co.uk/library/pdf/bm30.pdf The first article can be found on page 13 and is titled "ICCBBA and ISBT 128 - Value for Money?".The second article on page 14 provides an application for cellular therapy facilities and is appropriately titled, "ISBT 128 Labeling for Cellular Therapy Products". 08 Jun 2010
US Consensus Standard v3.0.0 DRAFT - The US Consensus Standard for the Uniform Labeling of Blood and Blood Components v3.0.0 has been submitted to the FDA for review. The latest Draft is available here. Please note that this not yet official until it has been approved by the FDA. 01 Jun 2010
The new “ISBT Guidelines for Validation of Automated Systems in Blood Establishments” has just been published by Vox Sanguinis. Obtain your copy of this valuable guidance document by clicking here. 5 February 2010
ICCBBA 2008 Annual Report - The annual report provides perspectives on ISBT 128 from the ICCBBA Board of directors, ISBT 128 users, and ICCBBA staff. See how the standard was used to make a global impact in 2008 and how these global perspectives converged to create a unified vision that will carry this international health standard into the future. View it here. 25 September 2009 GxP Lifeline Publications - GxP Lifeline Publications features a recent article about ISBT 128 and its role in global traceability for tissues, blood, and cellular therapy products. Click here to read this featured article authored by Dr. Michael Strong. 8 September 2009 Positions Open for ICCBBA Board of Directors - Nominations are being accepted for two positions on the ICCBBA Board of Directors. Board members are volunteers who develop policies and procedures that govern the operations of the organization as well as monitor ICCBBA finances, programs and performance, ensure effective organizational planning, determine, monitor and strengthen the organization’s programs and services, recruit and orient new board members, assess board performance, consider, approve or disapprove recommendations of all committees and enhance the organization’s public standing. Click here for further details. 21 August 2009 Technical Bulletin 10 - A new Technical Bulletin has been published to assist users with their ISBT 128 validation process. This document contains usable bar codes for software validation and to help verify the correct operation of
software when reading valid and invalid information. It also allows software developers and their customers to better understand ISBT 128 data structures. View it here. 3 August 2009 ICCBBA is establishing a European Tissue Technical Advisory Group (ETTAG) in order to ensure a common adoption of ISBT 128 in European countries, and to provide a forum for sharing of experiences and expertise. Click here for more details if you are interested in participating. 6 July 2009 US Cellular Therapy Document - The United States Consensus Standard for the Uniform Labeling of Cellular Therapy Products using ISBT 128, Version 1.1.0 has been published! It is the result of the collaborative efforts of AABB, ASBMT, ASFA, FACT, ICCBBA, ISCT, and NMDP. 1 June 2009 Technical Specification v3.6.0 - A new version of the ISBT 128 Technical Specification has been released and supersedes the previous 3.5.1 version. Changes are noted in the internal version control sheet found in Section 1.3 of version 3.6.0. All previous versions of the Technical Specification can be accessed in the archive section of the ICCBBA website by clicking on "List Archived Files" at the top of the page after logging in. 1 June 2009
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