27.3 Manufacturers' catalogue and lot numbers - Specification for labelling consumables used in therapeutic product production

Below we refer to a convention, ISBT 128, for encoding the manufacturers' catalogue and lot numbers. ISBT 128 is recognised by the UK Blood and Tissues Services (UKBTS) which are progressing towards full compliance for their therapeutic products and associated critical consumables.

27.3.1: ISBT 128 manufacturers' blood pack catalogue and lot numbers

To achieve ISBT 128 compliance, the UKBTS will adopt the ISBT 128 convention for the manufacturers' catalogue and lot number barcodes on critical consumables. ISBT 128 codes a manufacturer's identity and catalogue number into one barcode and the lot number into a separate barcode. For ISBT, both the catalogue and lot number are required to uniquely identify a batch of critical consumables.

Full details are provided in the current version of the ISBT 128 Standard Technical Specification.

The following data structures apply:

• Data Structures 021 and 022 - for stand-alone containers of intravenous solution and other critical consumables.