This Symbology is also known as ISBT 128, ISBT Barcode, ISBT128, ISBT 128 Standard, International Society of Blood Transfusion Barcode, ICCBBA 128, International Council for Commonality in Blood Banking Automation Barcode, Unique Donation Identification Barcode, American Association of Blood Banks AABB 128 Barcode, American Red Cross ARC Barcode

The ISBT 128 Standard provides the specification for many of the elements of the information environment required in transfusion and transplantation. The standard, originally accepted by the ISBT Council in 1994 and maintained by ICCBBA, Inc; has gained widespread acceptance and is now endorsed by the AABB, European Plasma Fractionators Association, and European Blood Alliance.

ISBT 128 Standard, defines Data Structures that are graphically represented by barcodes. The data structures specified in ISBT 128 are simply the formal definitions of how information is to be identified and electronically presented. Some of these data structures are Unique Donation Identification, Blood Groups [ABO and RhD], Product Code, Expiration Date, Type of Donation (Volunteer, Directed, Autologous, etc), Red Cell Phenotyping Information, HLA Typing Information, CMV and other test results, Collection Container Catalog and Lot Number, Patient date of birth and identification number, etc.

Sample of an ISBT 128 Barcode for Donation Identification Number

In order to get an ISBT 128 barcode image, please follow these steps:

• Set the Symbology property to Isbt128
• Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:
  • Set the BarWidth property to 0.01 (Values are expressed in Inches)
  • Set the BarHeight property to 0.39 (Values are expressed in Inches)
  • Set the QuietZone property to 0.1 (Value is expressed in Inches)
• Set the Isbt128DataStructure property to DS001 (for Donation Identification Number), DS002 (for Blood Groups [ABO and RhD]), DS003 (for Product Code), DS004 (for Expiration Date), etc. (Please refer to ISBT 128 Standard and BarcodeItem Help docs for further details)
• Set the Code property with the value to encode. It must match the data content/format for the selected Data Structure (Please refer to ISBT 128 Standard for further details)

NOTE: Some ISBT 128 Data Structures require a keyboard entry check character (called K) in order to verify correct manual entry of the data content. Although the check character K is not part of the data content coded in the barcode, BarcodeItem will calculate and display it at the end of the human readable text.

• ISBT 128 - Donation Identification Number (Data Structure 001)
  
  Code property = W12340412345600 and Isbt128DataStructure property = DS001 will produce the following barcode image:
  
  
  
  
• ISBT 128 - Blood Groups [ABO and RhD] (Data Structure 002)
  
  Code property = 6200 ("A" Rh Positive) and Isbt128DataStructure property = DS002 will produce the following barcode image:
  
  
  
  
• ISBT 128 - Donor Identification Number (Data Structure 019)
  
  Code property = W12340000001234567890 (DIN 1234567890) and Isbt128DataStructure property = DS019 will produce the following barcode image: