Chapter 7 – Specifications
Section 7.4 – Barcode Compatibility
7-10
• Manually Entered Data
Must be in the following format
xx 2 digit Blood Bank ID
yy 2 digit last two digits of current year
pppppp 6 digit Donation Number
k
If the check digit is equal to ten, it is represented in the
barcode portion of the label by a “-”
4. I SBT 128
• Code 128 Scanned Data
Must be in the following format:
= Primary Data Identifier [=]
a 1 character secondary data identifier and part of the
Country Collection Facility Code [A – N, P – Z, 1 – 9]
pppp 4 digits of the Country Collection Facility Code [0 – 9]
yy 2 digit year of collection [0 – 9]
nnnnnn 6 digit Donation Number [0 – 9]
ff Two non-data character flag digits used for either
process control or for a data transmission check
(checksum). Optionally displayed in the human-
readable portion if they are not a checksum. When
displayed in human-readable form, these two
characters are rotated ninety degrees [0 – 9].
• Codabar Scanned Data not allowed.