Summary Of False Labeling

Summary The question asked for the purpose of this study was: “Will using barcoding technology decrease the rate of specimen labeling/patient identification errors?” The search was done through the Chamberlain College database and PubMed. Key words used were, specimen labeling errors, bar coding, compliance and prevention. Articles were reviewed that was published between 2012 and 2016 that were full text and peer reviewed. This study revealed two different types of studies. The first three studies (Duteau, 2014; Martin, Metcalfe, & Whichello, 2015; Martis, Hannam, Jacqueline A., Lee, Tracy, Merry, Alan F., & Mitchell, Simon J., 2016) are retrospective studies which used data prior to implimenting interventions and then repeated data …show more content…
Study number one showed an improvement by decreasing errors by 83%. Number two went from 0.131% to 0.014% by removing the ability of nursing to bypass the scanning process which indeed shows that barcode scanning improves outcomes (Duteau, 2014). The third study was not related to the use of barcode scanning but the forth study did show an improvement after implimentation by staff satisfaction and willingness to impliment and use the process for total improvement in many areas (Chou, Yan, Hsiu-Fang, Huang, Hsiu-Ya, Tseng, Kuan-Jui, & Kuo, Shu-Chen, …show more content…
The second study staff ratio and patient census may impact the data along with data entry error from the lab quality coordinator (Martin, Metcalfe, & Whichello, 2015). Study number three patient outcomes and other safety indicators can influence compliance to the process (Martis, Hannam, Jacqueline A., Lee, Tracy, Merry, Alan F., & Mitchell, Simon J., 2016). Study number four revealed that system response speed and placing the barcode stickers in the wrong place on the tubes can too affect the data collection process (Chou, Yan, Hsiu-Fang, Huang, Hsiu-Ya, Tseng, Kuan-Jui, & Kuo, Shu-Chen,