ISBT 128- labeling help!

[Eagle Eye]

You can order priprinted label form supplier. eg. Shamrock

[bmarotto]

I think what kdal meant is that the LIS assigns a number for the pool and that number is not in the ISBT-128 DIN format. I know Misys/Sunquest and Soft both do that now. There is no way the system will let you assign an ISBT-128 DIN when you pool so buying preprinted DIN numbers won't work. A messy workaround is to pool and let the LIS assign the "Pxxxx" or "POOLxxxxx" number to the pool then in a unit comment record the DIN you are going to assign. Then "ship out" the product to a bogus location (call it something like "Pooled products" and re-deliver it back with the ISBT-DIN adding a unit comment with the original LIS number. I am hoping our blood supplier (Red Cross) will provide pre-pooled cryo when they finally convert to ISBT-128. If not, and our LIS still does not allow DIN numbers for pools, I just may continue to use the barcoded LIS number. The workaround is too cumbersome and will make it difficult to handle a unit recall.

[kdal]

Yes, that is what I meant. We have decided to do just what you described. Let Sunquest give us a P#### for our pool, then we will ship out that pool for an "ISBT workaround". Then we will re-deliver the pool into the system using the pool# in an ISBT format-ex. if our pool is P1234 we will create a new unit number of W####08001234CRP with our site number as the W#### and CRP is what Sunquest calls pooled cryo. We started doing this yesterday and so far seems to work ok. By following the same format each time we pool a lookback will not be a problem because we can determine the original pool number from the new number. We can also put the original pool number as a comment on the new one and vice-versa so there's no detective work involved.