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A Quality Initiative to Decrease Pathology Specimen–Labeling Errors Using Radiofrequency Identification in a High-Volume Endoscopy Center

The American Journal of GastroenterologyPublished 3 March 2009
Dawn L. Francis, Shalini Prabhakar, Schuyler O. Sanderson
Citations46
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score2.34
SNIP2.27

TL;DR

It is confirmed that the initiation of a new specimen-labeling system that uses RFID technology, a paperless requisition process, and confirmation of the correct site and correct patient by two health-care providers significantly decreased specimen- labels errors at every level in a high-volume endoscopy center.

Abstract

These data confirm that the initiation of a new specimen-labeling system that uses RFID technology, a paperless requisition process, and confirmation of the correct site and correct patient by two health-care providers significantly decreased specimen-labeling errors at every level in a high-volume endoscopy center.

Keywords

Immunology and MicrobiologyMedicine