25.6 Protocol 000001 - blood component dispatch information - Standards for electronic data interchange within the UK Blood Transfusion Services

Two data line structures are defined within this protocol:

1. A single line containing administrative information (see Table 25.4).
2. A multiple occurrence line with an entry for each item on the dispatch (see Table 25.5).

To distinguish between the 2 line types, a line type indicator is included as the first field in each line following the line number.

Table 25.6 lists the values used to indicate red cell characteristics.

Table 25.7 list the values used to indicate platelet-specific phenotype.

Please see explanatory notes below each table.

Table 25.4: Protocol 000001 - administration line

Field	Length	Description	Format	Mandatory?
Field 1	Length 5	Description Line number	Format NNNNN	Mandatory? Yes
Field 2	Length 1	Description Line type	Format N	Mandatory? Yes
Field 3	Length 12	Description Order number	Format C(12)	Mandatory? Yes
Field 4	Length 12	Description Dispatch number	Format C(12)	Mandatory? Yes
Field 5	Length 8	Description Date	Format YYYYMMDD	Mandatory? Yes
Field 6	Length 4	Description Time	Format HHMM	Mandatory? No
Field 7	Length 2	Description Checksum	Format NN	Mandatory? Yes
Field 8	Length 1	Description Terminator	Format Carriage return	Mandatory? Yes

Notes on Table 25.4

Line type (field 2)

The administration line type is '1'

Table 25.5: Protocol 000001 - dispatch line

Field	Length	Description	Format	Mandatory?
Field 1	Length 5	Description Line number	Format NNNNN	Mandatory? Yes
Field 2	Length 1	Description Line type	Format N	Mandatory? Yes
Field 3	Length 15	Description Unit identifier	Format C(15)	Mandatory? Yes
Field 4	Length 9	Description Product code	Format C(9)	Mandatory? Yes
Field 5	Length 2	Description Group ABO	Format C(2)	Mandatory? Yes
Field 6	Length 1	Description Group RhD	Format C(1)	Mandatory? Yes
Field 7	Length 8	Description Date bled	Format YYYYMMDD	Mandatory? No
Field 8	Length 8	Description Date of expiry	Format YYYYMMDD	Mandatory? Yes
Field 9	Length 4	Description Time of expiry	Format HHMM	Mandatory? No
Field 10	Length 30	Description Red cell characteristics	Format C(30)	Mandatory? No
Field 11	Length 1	Description HLA flag	Format C(1)	Mandatory? No
Field 12	Length 1	Description CMV	Format C(1)	Mandatory? No
Field 13	Length 1	Description Irradiated	Format C(1)	Mandatory? No
Field 14	Length 10	Description Platelet-specific phenotype	Format C(10)	Mandatory? No
Field 15	Length 1	Description IgA	Format C(1)	Mandatory? No
Field 16	Length 1	Description High-titre haemolysin	Format C(1)	Mandatory? No
Field 17	Length 1	Description Neonatal	Format C(1)	Mandatory? No
Field 18	Length 1	Description Filtered	Format C(1)	Mandatory? No
Field 19	Length 3	Description Volume	Format NNN	Mandatory? No
Field 20	Length 10	Description Pack lot number	Format C(10)	Mandatory? No
Field 21	Length 1	Description Methylene blue	Format C(1)	Mandatory? No
Field 22	Length 1	Description Clinical use	Format C(1)	Mandatory? Yes
Field 23	Length 1	Description Issue type	Format C(1)	Mandatory? Yes
Field 24	Length 10	Description Cost code/price	Format C(10)	Mandatory? No
Field 25	Length 2	Description Added value cost	Format C(2)	Mandatory? No
Field 26	Length 30	Description Comment	Format Free text	Mandatory? No
Field 27	Length 2	Description Checksum	Format NN	Mandatory? Yes
Field 28	Length 1	Description Terminator	Format Carriage return	Mandatory? Yes

Notes on Table 25.5

Line type (field 2)

The dispatch line type is '2'

Unit identifier (field 3)

This is the ISBT 128 donation identification number (data characters with check character, e.g. 'G151797123456L')

Product code (field 4)

This is the component code, and is either:

• a full 9-character Codabar code, including start and stop characters
• an 8-character ISBT 128 product code excluding the data identifier characters

Group ABO (field 5)

'A' = group A

'B' = group B

'O' = group O

'AB' = group AB

Group RhD (field 6)

'+' = RhD positive

'–' = RhD negative

Red cell characteristics (field 10)

Each character's position indicates antigen content (see Table 25.6).

'+' = confirmed positive

'–' = confirmed negative

'P' = unconfirmed positive

'N' = unconfirmed negative

HLA flag (field 11)

'Y' = information included in comment field or on separate documentation

[Space] = no information

CMV (field 12)

'+' = CMV positive

'–' = CMV negative

[Space] = unknown

Irradiated (field 13)

'Y' = irradiated

'N' or [space] = non-irradiated

'P' = information is included in the product code

Platelet-specific phenotype (field 14)

Each character's position indicates antigen content (see Table 25.7).

'+' = positive

'–' = negative

IgA (field 15)

'Y' = information included in comment field or on separate documentation

[Space] = no information

High-titre haemolysin (field 16)

'Y' = present

'N' = not present

[Space] = untested

Neonatal (field 17)

'Y' = suitable for neonates

'N' = unsuitable for neonates

'P' = suitability is included in the product code

[Space] = untested

Filtered (field 18)

This field is no longer used

Volume (field 19)

The volume is indicated in millilitres (mL)

Methylene blue (field 21)

This field is no longer used

Clinical use (field 22)

'Y' = suitable for clinical use

'N' = unsuitable for clinical use

Issue type (field 23)

'R' = routine issue

'S' = selected, unmatched

'X' = crossmatched

'G' = autologous

Table 25.6: Protocol 000001 - red cell characteristics (field 10)

Character position in field	Characteristic
1	C
2	c
3	E
4	e
5	Cᵂ
6	M
7	N
8	S
9	s
10	K
11	k
12	Leᵃ
13	Leᵇ
14	Fyᵃ
15	Fyᵇ
16	Jkᵃ
17	Jkᵇ
18	P₁
19	A₁
20	Luᵃ
21	Luᵇ
22	Kpᵃ
23	Kpᵇ
24	HbS
25	HEV
26	Unassigned
27	Unassigned
28	Unassigned
29	Unassigned
30	Unassigned

Table 25.7: Protocol 000001 - platelet-specific phenotype (field 14)

Character position in field	Antigen
1	HPA-1a
2	HPA-1b
3	HPA-3a
4	HPA-3b
5	HPA-5a
6	HPA-5b
7	Unassigned
8	Unassigned
9	Unassigned
10	Unassigned