John,
We are about to start piloting the Olympus Osiris ward ordering system. One of the features of this system is that if a blood gas is ordered on the ward then a PID label is printed for attachment to the syringe in the same way as if you were ordering a U&E and attaching the label to a blood tube. We are hoping this will get around the problem that you described. Currently our wards attach a handwritten sticky label to syringes but this is a hassle and does not always get adhered to. I haven't heard of companies making syringes with labels attached.
Kath Hayden
Principal Biochemist
University Hospital Aintree
Liverpool
>>> John Kane <[log in to unmask]> 04/28/03 01:56pm >>>
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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