sblanchard Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Hi All, Been viewing the forum for ages but first time to start a thread. Recently went up on the Provue and occasionally have trouble with the specimen barcode. Some issues we see- phleb id too close to the barcode, barcode too light, barcode crooked, flagged barcode, etc. My question is - how do you go about fixing the label. It makes me nervous to have staff print a new barcode and relabel but not sure how to get past the above issues. We have addressed these things with nursing (do all of the draws) but have had little success. I know many folks have been on instruments for a long time and this can't be a new problem. Thanks, Sheryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likewine99 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Sheryl,This happened to us when we started with the PV too. We allow staff to reprint a barcode and apply it to the specimen. We felt it was better to reapply the b/c ourselves, making sure it is the right pt than to do this at the bench and risk making an error with manual bench procedures.We also have a post-analytical step where the person taking the spec off the PV checks the labels again to make sure it is the correct pt.Good luck with getting nursing to label correctly, b/c there are so many people collecting samples it is almost impossible to manage from the BB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C. Staley Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I might make you feel a little better if you have them apply the new label so you can still read the patient's name on the original label. Give you something to compare if there is ever an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rravkin@aol.com Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Sheryl,I have experienced the lable being off print such that the bar code is too close to one end or the other. I just attach a piece of white lable to increase the amount of blank space at the short end so the bar code reader can distinguish the ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 We scan the problem specimen barcode manually using PV scanner. If this does not work, we enter the specimen number manually. We do not re label BB specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 We do the same as Autumn and it works great for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butlermom Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Our BB samples come to us with the typenex armband label only. We then print and apply the barcoded label to the specimen ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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