Would anyone who works in a hospital blood bank that collects their own autologous blood be willing to share how they will address labeling these products using ISBT-128, including donor numbers and FDA registration. Will you be using pre-printed labels for the base label and the donor number? We have a digitrax printer and will be converting to CERNER Millenium.

Hello

We are a small hospital based donor center in NM. We use the stand-alone Digitrax to print the ISBT labels for our autologous (and allogenic). The donor system that we use is SOFT donor which will be updating to making ISBT labels in the next upgrade (due out this year I believe). The transfusion services are on Misys system and so far there hasn't been any issue -- just had to be sure the scanners read the ISBT bar codes so those were all updated.

I can share the specifics of the procedure we use if you like... my contact information is listed below

Deborah Pflanz, MT(ASCP)

Presbyterian Infusion Center/Apheresis and Donor Services

201 Cedar SE, Suite #4620

Albuquerque, NM 87106

505-563-1310

Fax: 505-224-7156

dpflanz@phs.org

It is still a work in progress, but here's our plan right now for autologous collections. We are ordering preprinted numbers, to include our ICCBBA assigned facility id. Prior to collection, we will use a a tie-tag on the side of the bag for the patient (donor) identification and stick one of the preprinted unit numbers on the bag. After the unit and patient types are done, we will remove the plasma and add adsol. Then we will print a full face label using digi-trax. There is a cut out for the unit number, so the unit number originally assigned does not have to be covered up. We are printing our FDA registration number on the full face label. We will not print labels for the whole blood nor the plasma which is being discarded immediately.

Hope this helps,

Cathy