2013
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2013-0125-sa
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Tracking in Anatomic Pathology

Abstract: Bar code–based tracking solutions, long present in clinical pathology laboratories, have recently made an appearance in anatomic pathology (AP) laboratories. Tracking of AP “assets” (specimens, blocks, slides) can enhance laboratory efficiency, promote patient safety, and improve patient care. Routing of excess clinical material into research laboratories and biorepositories are other avenues that can benefit from tracking of AP assets. Implementing tracking is not as simple as installing software and turning … Show more

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“…Codabar was one of the first symbologies to incorporate error detection schema, thereby reducing the need for a discrete check digit. 12 …”
Section: -D Symbologymentioning
confidence: 97%
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“…Codabar was one of the first symbologies to incorporate error detection schema, thereby reducing the need for a discrete check digit. 12 …”
Section: -D Symbologymentioning
confidence: 97%
“…2-D symbologies can include a much greater character count (higher data density), require a smaller footprint, and have fewer scan and printer failures compared with 1-D symbologies. [10][11][12] There is no single bar code that encompasses all uses and needs of a laboratory; consequently, using a combination of symbologies is commonplace and recommended based on a particular laboratory's needs. In efforts to standardize bar coding in laboratories, the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) published AUTO02-A2 (Laboratory Automation: Bar Codes for Specimen Container Identification) and AUTO12-A (Specimen Labels: Content and Location, Fonts, and Label Orientation).…”
Section: Types Of Bar Codesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Such interfaces establish a link between the asset (tissue cassette/block) and the LIS to improve specimen identification and tracking. 8 Data engraved on cassettes may include bar codes, particularly 2-dimensional bar codes, which increase data available to the LIS and other systems compatible with the bar code(s). Radiofrequency identification technologies hold promise as a future method for asset tracking once barriers of cost and system integration have been overcome.…”
Section: Gross Specimen Processing and Sectioning ("Grossing")mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…8 At microtomy stations, a laboratory may deploy a combination of barcode scanners and slide labelers/engravers to enable histotechnologists to track each block and slide and to ensure concordance of identification between individual block and slide labels. These functions depend on connections with the LIS for data exchange and comparisons.…”
Section: Histology Processing and Slide Creationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This part of the curriculum is more difficult to script because many of the aspects of its implementation are dependent on the particulars of the departmental and institutional information management environment. However, examples abound and would include the following: learning about automation pipelines, accessing the Internet at previewing and sign-out stations, taking digital gross photographs 12 and reviewing them with the attending at sign-out, routinely using the LIS, using LIS enhancements to promote patient safety (eg, specimen bar coding), 13 accessing the institutional EHR system(s), expecting residents to look up histories (when needed) as part of their routine evaluation of cases and clinical consultations, and so forth. The preparation and presentation of digital conferences, especially those incorporating digital images, also require the use of informatics tools.…”
Section: Revisiting the Competenciesmentioning
confidence: 99%