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Radio-frequency Identification Reduces Specimen Labeling Errors Date: October 13, 2008 Source: Mayo Clinic Summary: With a long-held commitment to continuously improving the quality and safety of ...

When her daughter opened it, they were in for a shock: It was a biohazard bag containing a used specimen vial. “I’m literally sitting here with his test tube wondering if he has COVID,” she ...

Label cassettes as shown. Use ONLY a sharp No. 2 lead pencil or a ShurMark or similar histology marker.Don't use a Sharpie or similar marker, even if it is supposed to be solvent-resistant.The ...

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 ...

More than 30,000 specimen bottles come from gastroenterology and colorectal surgery each year at Mayo Clinic, and sometimes, they get mislabeled. "Most labeling errors have been due to either the ...