With a long-held commitment to continuously improving the quality and safety of patient care, Mayo Clinic researchers are recommending a new technologically-advanced labeling system aimed at reducing ...
* Context. - The labeling of paraffin blocks and microscopic glass slides in the practice of surgical pathology varies from institution to institution and introduces ...
Up to 70 percent of errors associated with lab results happen way before the tests are even analyzed, according to a report from ECRI Institute’s Patient Safety Organization. Getting a delayed ...
RFID labeling has cut down significantly on errors at one unit of Mayo Clinic, according to a new study. A new system implemented last year at the clinic’s high-volume gastroenterology and colorectal ...
Specific procedures for labeling specimens should clearly be defined in the protocol. The central bank itself should have standardized labeling (printed or written) for archiving samples, such as ...
After approximately four years of research into creating an RFID system to provide traceability of laboratory specimens, the Mayo Clinic‘s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology has licensed ...