I'm proud to have been part of the Computype team for nearly 35 years now. It's also been a privilege to work with the international blood bank community to ensure accurate identification of blood and blood products. We're all better off because blood banks embraced bar code technology so many years ago.

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St. Paul, Minnesota 55113-2567 USA
Toll-Free: 800.328.0852
Phone: 651.633.0633
Fax: 651.633.7122
Kingswood Business Park, Connaught Road
Kingston Upon Hull HU7 3AP
United Kingdom
Phone: [44] 1482-835366
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With FDA-compliant adhesives and guaranteed
sequence integrity, Computype signs its first contract
to provide DIN sets to the American Red Cross
The international
blood bank community
accepts Computype’s
recommendation to
transition from Codabar to
Code 128 as the standard
symbology
Computype serves on the ISBT Working
Party on Automation & Data Processing
as it begins to develop the new standard
Computype is asked to serve on American Red Cross’
Label Issue Task Force & AABB’s Information
Systems Committee
ICCBBA is incorporated
and Computype attends
the first-ever North
American Technical
Advisory Group
Meeting
Computype supports ISBT 128 at the FDA’s
Blood Products Advisory Committee Meeting
at which time the group voted in favor of requiring
ISBT 128 in all licensed blood establishments
Computype is asked to
author the ICCBBA-
published document
An Introduction to
Barcoding
At the request of the
New York Blood Center,
Computype develops
the first Donation
Identification Number
Replicator System
Computype authors 3
ICCBBA Technical Bulletins:
On-Demand and Pre-Printed Labels; Barcode
Quality and Label Verification; and Why Code
128? The Rationale Behind Code 128
Computype is asked to
contribute the Auto ID Chapter
for the AABB-published book
Information Technology in
Transfusion Medicine
The Vision System is
launched to provide
customers with pre-
scanned & verified
sequential barcodes
Computype authors the ICCBBA
Technical Bulletin Choosing an On-
Demand Label Printer
As a member of ICCBBA’s 2D Labeling Subcommittee, Computype
co-authors the proposed standard 2D Labeling for Blood Products
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The length of time in
which Computype
has been affiliated
with AABB
The number of barcodes scanned &
verified per minute by the Computype
Vision System to ensure perfect,
non-duplicate DIN barcode sets
With manufacturing in St Paul, MN USA, and
in Hull England UK, even in the case of a
natural disaster or emergency you’re still
guaranteed an uninterrupted label supply
San Diego. Tucson.
Sacramento. Dayton.
San Francisco. Boston.
Memphis. St Paul.*
Philadelphia. Hull.*
Frankfurt am Main
of collective industry
knowledge is shared by
our focused support
team located in North
America & Europe
* Headquarters
Sequence
Mgmt
2D /
RFID
ISBT-128
Blank Labels
Donation
Identification
Sets
Cryo
Labels
Blood
Locator
Software
DIN
Replicator
Systems
Computype features the first ‘ Smart DIN’ at its AABB
booth, integrating barcode and RFID technology