The 2018 Lab Specimen ID Report
Read the Report Now. Over 200 US hospital lab professionals participated in a survey developed to explore the top priorities, challenges, and concerns within the...
Make it Stick: How to Properly Apply Specimen Labels to Blood Tubes
Accurate specimen identification is critical to laboratory regulatory compliance and operational performance. Missing labels account for 10% of specimen labeling errors, according to a...
Let’s Get it Straight – Blood Tube Label Alignment Matters
Do you ever get blood collection tubes sent down to your lab that look like this? Do you have to constantly re-label your specimens because...
3 Ways Specimen Labeling Errors Threaten Your Laboratory
According to an internal survey of PDC laboratory label users, with an average 5,500 specimens passing through laboratories monthly, accurate identification is critical, and...
Robust Temperature Monitoring is Essential
Clinical laboratorians are well aware of the essential nature of temperature-controlled environments to modern medical diagnostics. Driven by the need to ensure the integrity...
