Anyone using the TAR with barcode scanning in addition to final check by Typenex?  Any issues, concerns, likes, dislikes.

Hello Snydercl,  I cannot answer this because I am currently in the process of beginning a Meditech build to include the TAR, but the discussion came up that the TAR insures that the nurses are transfusing the correct patient, but that we might still need to keep the Typenex bracelets because that will insure that the Phlebotomist will draw the correct patient. (I believe that we are not sure that we will be getting the handhelp phlebotomy label system).

So the way it stands right now, we might have the TAR plus the Typenex bands.

 

Maryann

We switched to TAR in September and did away with Typenex bands, except for our outpatient draws at remote sites.  Our phlebotomists use Mobilab and scan the patient's wristband to print labels.  We are very happy with this because it has saved us a lot of redraws due to improperly labeled specimens-misspelled names, wrong date of birth, no initials/time/date on the label.   Our patient "BB number" is the patient's financial number, which changes with every visit or admission.

But are you sure that the patient that is drawn was given the correct band or was admitted correctly?

We also use Meditech TAR and got rid of Typenex years ago.

We use a "Retype" system: second specimen collected from a unique collection to verify ABO/Rh.

We have used BCTA since 2008, and also have used Typenex bands as part of the scanning process.