WMPI1610 - CME/CMLE - Patient & Asset Identification Tracking Systems for Patient Safety-WMPI1610

WMPI1610 - Pre-Reading Assignment

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The document delves into the significance of tracking solutions in anatomic pathology laboratories, particularly focusing on bar code-based systems to enhance efficiency and patient safety. Emphasizing the need for careful workflow analysis before implementing tracking solutions, it discusses the benefits of tracking in real-time asset history, status identification, and bottleneck detection. Various tracking technologies like barcodes and RFID tags, along with software and hardware requirements, are highlighted. The document underlines the importance of tracking in managing specimen workflow efficiently, ensuring quality control, and safety in research laboratories. It details policies and procedures for sample accessioning, advocating for the use of an electronic Laboratory Information System (LIS) in facilitating tracking. Challenges in selecting an appropriate LIS, nuances in clinical versus research specimens accessioning, and benefits of tracking systems are outlined. Planning, system analysis, training, and addressing hidden practices in laboratories are noted as crucial steps in implementing a successful tracking solution. The document concludes by stressing the need for standardizing workflow and further research on tracking implementations across different laboratory settings.

Keywords

anatomic pathology laboratories

tracking solutions

bar code-based systems

efficiency

patient safety

real-time asset history

status identification

bottleneck detection

tracking technologies

Laboratory Information System