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‘Run through’
labelling not only requires the correct label, but also that it’s applied
in the right place.
A lab I visited in the
USA showed examples of labels on sideways, labels stuck on the lid, and even
labels rolled up and placed inside the tube (!).
Paul
From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Kay
Sent: 21 January 2010 11:33
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Subject: Pre printed labels/ Positive specimen identification/
Run-through labelling
I
agree.
I
think of this as having two separate but related objectives:
Positive
identification of patient, staff and specimens
We
have this working in Oxford across the whole blood transfusion process, and can
use that as the vision for how it could work for all of central laboratory
testing. This is all now published: let me know if you want references.
Run-through
labelling,
where
the label attached to the specimen in the clinical area is used in all of the
in-laboratory processes, including specimen reception and analysis. (Doesn't
have to be preprinted, could be printed on demand.) Who has this working? Who
has tried but failed, and why?
We
also need to accumulate solid data on what goes wrong with identification with
current processes. Please let Gifford and me know.
Jonathan
On
21 Jan 2010, at 11:18, Hallworth Mike (RLZ) wrote:
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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On Behalf Of Anne Dawnay
Sent: 21 January 2010 11:12
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Subject: Pre printed labels
May 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
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