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Protecting Patient Safety with Laboratory Bar Code Labeling (PDF, 273KB)
The laboratory is an important line of defense against patient safety errors. By establishing processes to accurately label and identify samples, laboratory staff can significantly reduce the incidence of misidentified, lost or unusable samples, and the related negative consequences, including redraws, misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment. Bar code labeling and sample tracking is proven to reduce sample identification and data entry errors. This paper explains the fundamentals of laboratory labels systems and the effectiveness of bar coding.
