I was wondering whether anybody could help us in a problem we have with the
labelling of blood gas samples. Despite extensive publicity around the hospital
we continue to receive samples for blood gas analysis in unlabelled syringes. It
sometimes leads to friction with our medical and nursing staff when we then
refuse to analyse the sample. We feel that one way to encourage ward staff to
label these samples would be to have syringes with printed labels like normal
sample tubes. However we have failed to find a supplier of these despite
extensive searches. Does anybody know of a company that will supply labelled
syringes for blood gas samples or do hospitals have other methods to ensure that
these samples arrive in the laboratory correctly labelled.
John Kane
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