Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the impact that an electronic ordering system has on the rate of rejection of blood type and screen testing samples and the impact on the number of ABO blood-type discrepancies over a 4-year period. Methods: An electronic ordering system was implemented in May 2011. Rejection rates along with reasons for rejection were tracked between January 2010 and December 2013. Results: A total of 40,104 blood samples were received during this period, of which 706 (1.8%) were rejected for the following reasons: 382 (54.0%) unsigned samples, 235 (33.0%) mislabeled samples, 57 (8.0%) unsigned requisitions, 18 (2.5%) incorrect tubes, and 14 (1.9%) ABO discrepancies. Of the samples, 2.5% were rejected in the year prior to implementing the electronic ordering system compared with 1.2% in the year following implementation (P<.0001). Conclusions: Our data demonstrate that implementation of an electronic ordering system significantly decreased the rate of blood sample rejection.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 105-109 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | American journal of clinical pathology |
| Volume | 147 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Barcode
- Blood transfusion
- Electronic order
- Medical errors/prevention and control
- Wrong blood in tube
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine