Electronic patient identification for sample labeling reduces wrong blood in tube errors.
Richard M KaufmanAnh DinhClaudia S CohnMark K FungJed GorlinStacy MelansonMichael F MurphyAlyssa ZimanAllahna L ElahieDanielle ChasseLynsi DegreeNancy M DunbarWalter H DzikPeter FlanaganKimberly GabertTina S IpeBryon JacksonDebra LaneElisabetta RaspolliniCharles RayYudit SharonMartin EllisKathleen SellengJulie StavesPhilip YuMichelle ZellerMark Yazernull nullPublished in: Transfusion (2018)
In this study, using electronic patient identification at the time of pretransfusion sample collection was associated with approximately fivefold fewer WBIT errors compared with using manual patient identification. WBIT rates were high among mislabeled (rejected) samples, confirming that rejecting samples with even minor labeling errors helps mitigate the risk of ABO-incompatible transfusions.