SPECIMEN SCANNING
Barcode Specimen Collection Improves Patient Safety
REQUIRED ONLINE TRAINING
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Epic Lab Specimen Collection & Barcode Scanning for Clinical Staff (LMS course #1582031)
SPECIMEN SCANNING
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New specimen collection technology helps reduce the risk of specimen labeling errors, improving patient safety.
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Increased accuracy throughout the process helps reduce lab processing turnaround times, enabling providers to make patient care decisions sooner than previously possible.
 
			HOW THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY WORKS
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Lets you scan the patient wristband and a printer, at the point of care during specimen collection.
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This ensure the right label prints for the right patient.
HOW IT IMPROVES PATIENT SAFETY
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Ensures capture of the right order, right patient, right label and right specimen – at the patient bedside.
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Reduces the risk of errors and eliminates the need for the lab to re-label specimens when labels don’t print as expected.
QUESTIONS?
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