Yes, you do belong to a diminishing group if you look at Canada. I know of
no large or largish hospital that uses anything other than these (or bar
codes) if computerized. I can think of none tht would return to anything
else. Much less errors are seen, due to having the proper patient unit
number for the LIS and then only the name has to be read by the clerk.
However, the ER is the worst offender for putting the wrong patient label on
the wrong sample with about 80 errors per year. This is understandable as
the patients move alot. Having a mobile barcode label producers interfaced
with the LIS will eliminate most of these.
On the other hand why not use your chemistry analyzer to do your serum
indices. It rules out the problems of inter personal difference in looking
at colours
Elizabeth Mac Namara
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Subject: labelling of specimen tubes
We currently do not accept samples with printed addressograph labels
because:
the affixed label may obscure the sample for visula inspection
it may gum up the centrifuge
it encourages mislabelling - wrong patient - incidents (RCPath guidelines
and of course it is unaccaptable in Blood Transfusion)
The proponents (clinicians in emergency medicine) say:
this is used in every other hospital I've worked in etc
Are we out on a limb?
Thanks
A Taylor
Biochem RUH Bath
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