[Histonet] RE: 2 patient identifiers

[Terri Braud]

Our Hospital is 272 beds.  We recently purchased the Leica IPS for labeling slides, and the Leica IPC for labeling cassettes.  We use both printers using Leica's software, independent of our LIS.  The techs LOVE them and the Pathologists and techs love the cassette printer the best.  We put the accession number on one line, and the patient last name, first initial, on the second line.  They are extremely easy to read and having the name helps with block filing.  Administration was all too willing to foot the bill to support the 2 patient identifiers on such a critical piece of the patient workflow.  

Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
Laboratory
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
(215) 938-3676 phone
(215) 938-3689 fax

Message: 6
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:54:27 -0500
From: "VOGT, LORI" <LVOGT <@t> lewistownhospital.org>
Subject: [Histonet] second patient identifier on tissue cassette
To: <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>How are you small hospitals dealing with a second patient identifier on the tissue cassette if you do not have a cassette printer/labeler?  Is there an easier way then hand writing patient name on cassette?

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Lori A. Vogt
Technical Section Head/ Histology
Lewistown Hospital

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