The ideal is to scan the ID off the bar code on the patient's wristband and print the labels at the bedside for that patient. We are not there yet, but are actively working towards it. Systems are available for this.Mike
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Subject: Pre printed labelsMay I ask for your experience on order comms and the ward printing of labels for tubes with ID and bar coded tests ready for the lab analyser.
With many people on a ward to be bled, do your phlebotomists print the labels one patient at a time or do they print all they need for the whole ward and then stick them on the tubes as they bleed the patients? Latter obviously higher risk for mis-labelling - has anyone any evidence of how risky this is?
best wishes
Anne
Dr Anne Dawnay PhD FRCPath
Consultant Biochemist
University College Hospital
London W1T 4EU
Tel 08451555000 x2954------------------------------------------------------------------------