AM25-MN-12-L - Advances in Labeling: Practical Applications of 2-D Data Matrix Symbols with ISBT 128

Monday, October 27, 2025

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

Location: 20D

Program Chair(s)

Karen Moniz

Technical Director
ICCBBA
Redlands, California

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Speaker(s)

Robin Wilkinson, n/a (she/her/hers)

Deputy Technical Director
ICCBBA
Redlands, California

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Jessica L. Poisson, MD, MMCi (she/her/hers)

Associate Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine
Duke Health
Durham, North Carolina

Disclosure(s): No relevant disclosure to display

Proposed Session Description: The session will begin with a technical overview of 2-D Data Matrix symbology and how it is used to encode ISBT 128 data on labels for medical products of human origin (MPHO) and more specifically on blood and cellular therapy products. This presentation will focus on data structures that can be encoded within a 2-D Data Matrix symbol to transfer more information than previously available on a label using linear bar codes, such as red cell antigen testing history. Presenters will comment on the benefits of using 2-D Data Matrix symbology to make electronic data transfer and receipt of products into inventory more efficient. Additionally, speakers will report on the implementation of 2-D Data Matrix symbology on blood labels in USA and Denmark. Implementation challenges will be discussed. Time will also be set aside for a questions and answers period.

Learning Objectives:

Describe how 2-D Data Matrix symbols encode more ISBT 128 data than linear bar codes on product labels.
Assess the benefits of implementing 2-D Data Matrix symbols on product labels.
Report on implementation efforts for 2-D Data Matrix symbols on product labels.