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Code 128 
   
tenation 
In1994theInternationalSocietyofBloodTransfusion(ISBT)ratifie
standardforcommunicatingcriticalbloodinformation inauniform
manner.TheuseofISBTformatsrequires
ISBT 128 Conca
da
apaidlicense.TheISBT128
ApplicationSpecificationdescribes thecriticaldataelementsfor
labelingbloodproducts ,2)thecur trecommendationtouse
Code
ofsecurityanditsspace‐efficientdesign,3)a
supportsconc atenationofneighboring
t
1)
ren
128duetoitshighdegree
variationofCode128that
symbols,and4)thestandardlayoutforbarcodesonabloodproduct
label.Usethebarcodesbelowtoturnconcatenationonoroff.
Defaul
=Off.