Being enlightened doesn't make it any easier to get the barcoded
wristbands on the patients and the barcoded badges on the staff issued
and used. The data networking is much easier than those two steps!
We're now working across several projects: blood glucose, blood gas and
blood transfusion. I'm desperate to avoid having to do the difficult
bits separately for each project. Medicines management and computerised
requesting by clinicians are the other functions that should be
connected.
Doug: are you out there. It looks to me that another conference on
informatics and PoCT would be timely....
Jonathan
On Monday, Apr 28, 2003, at 15:18 Europe/London, Hyde Philip (ULHT)
wrote:
> That just leaves you with the problem of correctly documenting the
> results,
> although doubtless properly interfaced BGA's will flawlessly transfer
> the
> results to the correct EPR. Is this happening in the electronically
> more
> enlightend areas of the NHS,e.g. Oxford, Burton ?
> Philip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hogan, Tim [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 April 2003 14:51
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Labelling of blood gas syringes
>
>
> We overcame this problem many years ago by removing the blood gas
> analysers
> from the laboratory and having them all point of care. I expect the
> samples
> are still not labelled but hopefully the person doing the test now has
> more
> idea than we did who the blood belongs to!
>
> Tim
> [log in to unmask]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hyde Philip (ULHT) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 April 2003 14:37
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Labelling of blood gas syringes
>
>
> Kath,
> Thats a very good idea in practice but doesn't necessarily get around
> the
> issue of the human hand which still has to attach the label to the
> sample
> correctly. We had 2 samples from our A/E Dept last week with mismatched
> sticky sample labels and hand-written request cards. Despite having a
> Sample
> Labelling Policy, we have not eliminated this type of error. Look
> forward to
> hearing whether your system amkes any difference,
> Philip Hyde
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KATHARINE HAYDEN [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 April 2003 14:21
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Labelling of blood gas syringes
>
>
> 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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