Tasmania’s Launceston General Hospital has been able to cut the time it takes to receipt and record blood products by 75 per cent using the new blood labelling standard with a digital interface in its TrakCare laboratory information software to the National Blood Authority’s (NBA) BloodNet online ordering and inventory management system.
The Information Standard for Blood and Transplant (ISBT 128) is being adopted across the world to enhance safety and supply security and improve inventory management. It creates a unique identifier for blood products and in Australia replaces a local Codabar standard.
