Use of bar code labels on collection tubes for specimen management in the clinical laboratory
Tilzer, L.L.; Jones, R.W.
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 112(12): 1200-1202
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9985 PMID: 3190406 Document Number: 323223
A new generation in specimen handling has arrived with the introduction of bar code readers on medical laboratory equipment. The incorporation of this technology into laboratory information systems offers a streamlining of specimen workflow never before achievable in a laboratory environment. The use of evacuated collection tubes as the primary sampling container on a random-access chemistry analyzer interfaced to a laboratory information system creates a very simplified sampling/analysis system with tremendous advantages. There are significant labor savings, superior service to clinicians, and reduced chances for clerical error.