Approximately 70% of medical decisions are influenced by lab results. With patient safety at the top of the list of healthcare initiatives, protecting the integrity of specimens, from collection through processing, is a critical objective.
In addition to the health factor, cost is an issue. The Wall Street Journal reported that pathology errors are the second most costly malpractice claims. In addition, the expense of redraws, retesting, and additional treatment prompted by lab errors costs the healthcare industry an estimated $200 million to $400 million each year.
Lattice Solutions developed a complete specimen collection and tracking solution—MediCopia Specimen Collection for Pathology and the Zebra TC51-HC touch computer.
With MediCopia accessible on the Zebra mobile computer, a nurse or technician in the OR, ASC, or outpatient facility can scan the patient’s barcoded wristband. That information is then used to produce a barcode label to identify the specimen as it’s collected. By doing this at the point of collection, using barcode scanning instead of handwriting the label, patient safety is dramatically increased.
That sample can then be tracked to the histology department, with easy scanning and verification at each step. MediCopia is compatible with all of the leading EMR, HIS, LIS, and BBIS systems.
The Zebra TC51-HC is a purpose-built handheld computer for the healthcare industry. The sleek design resembles a consumer-style smartphone, but the device delivers far more ruggedness, security, data capture, and enterprise computing power. It features the most sanitized housing of any touch computer, with a medical-grade plastic casing that can handle the constant disinfecting required in a hospital. Even the screw holes are covered and the number of seams and crevices minimized, all to prevent the spread of germs.
Protect the lab samples, end to end, with the right technology, which also includes the label media. Talk to us at Lattice to choose the solution that create a safe, accurate, and closed loop on specimen tracking.