Significant Reduction in Preanalytical Errors for Nonphlebotomy Blood Draws After Implementation of a Novel Integrated Specimen Collection Module

Abstract

Implementation of a customized specimen collection module led to a significant reduction in preanalytical errors. Improved compliance with the system may lead to further reductions in error rates.

Retrospective study showed that blood sampling errors risked children's well‐being and safety in a Swedish paediatric tertiary care

“…The reason for this might be that the wards use glucose meters to measure blood sugar. A more standardised method of using a new request system has shown significant results for minimising these PAEs . Although we did not get high PAE results in the coagulation tests, a study conducted in Italy reported almost twice the amount.…”

“…Several studies have reported different practical interventions for reducing PAEs, such as introducing a collection module and introducing educational training programmes for staff. These interventions have had effects on reducing PAEs in the studied departments (). Dorotic et al.…”

“…Several studies have reported different practical interventions for reducing PAEs, such as introducing a collection module and introducing educational training programmes for staff. These interventions have had effects on reducing PAEs in the studied departments (17,19,20). Dorotic et al investigated whether nurses were aware of PAEs, such as haemolysis, and found that many of them lack knowledge on the causes of PAEs and the impact that PAEs have on laboratory test results (21).…”

Addressing the identity crisis in healthcare: positive patient identification technology reduces wrong patient events

“…Kaufman and colleagues found a residual WBIT error rate of one in 15,000 with ePPID attributable to three deviations: utilizing wristbands not affixed to a patient, failing to immediately apply labels generated at the bedside to samples, and affixing another patient's wristband to the patient. This report confirms other single‐center reports detailing error rates before and after implementation of ePPID technology for the collection of blood samples (with a 1.7‐ to 5.5‐fold safety margin) . Success with ePPID has also been reported to reduce errors in pathology samples from an endoscopy suite, to reduce wrong patient or wrong product errors in a nuclear pharmacy, and to reduce wrong medication dispensing and administration .…”

“…This report confirms other single-center reports detailing error rates before and after implementation of ePPID technology for the collection of blood samples (with a 1.7-to 5.5-fold safety margin). [19][20][21] Success with ePPID has also been reported to reduce errors in pathology samples from an endoscopy suite, 22 to reduce wrong patient or wrong product errors in a nuclear pharmacy, 23 and to reduce wrong medication dispensing and administration. 24,25 The publications of a few before-after implementation studies of ePPID, [19][20][21] and the reduction in WBIT rates over time, 12 suggest that this technology is just starting its move into health care.…”