CEO SUMMARY: Standardization of bar code labels is a concept whose time has come. After implementing CLSI standard AUTO12-A, first-mover clinical labs report fewer specimen identification errors, a reduction of costs associated with specimen handling errors, and a boost in lab productivity. Moreover, accrediting bodies such as The Joint Commission and the College of American […]
Standard Bar Code Labels Can Reduce Lab Errors
Opportunity to reduce specimen ID errors while improving patient care and cutting costs
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XX No. 6 - May 6, 2013 Issue
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