[Histonet] RE: Two identifiers...

Wed Aug 15 16:26:02 CDT 2012

Yes, some of the labs where I have worked have been concerned and overly cautious I guess  (since I saw the correction that apparently it is not technically a HIPPA issue to have the name etc on the slide). But anyhow, as I understood it  their decisions was based on the idea that they they felt that names were not truly unique. So they liked the idea that all the identifiers would be assigned as numbers and coding .They also wanted the 2 identifiers required at receipt to be an "across the board procedure"  for all lab specimens that came into any lab area.  Using these methods was more consistent with other areas and the procedure for rejection due to specimen identity defects and other non-conformity was spelled out clearly for all types of lab specimens and documented the same way. As I recall,the JC patient safety goals , played into their decisions at the time, and also a desire for more consistency and standardization of processes. Personally never liked using names, numbers are ok since you have to order and sort somehow, but I like that you have the potential to get added benefits for data and workflow tracking with barcoding and other imprinting. 

Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC
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> While on the subject of identifiers on slide labels, I was wondering if anyone had ever run into a concern regarding patient name on slides that are sent out for further stains, consultation, etc.?
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> I've run into at least one lab that was concerned that it was a HIPPA/patient confidentiality violation.
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> Has anyone else run into this issue or given this topic some consideration?
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> Michael Mihalik
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> That I don't know as we have barcodes that the information is transferred from on the cassettes.  It contains all of the patient info plus block and date information.    Pam
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> Can a bar code be counted as an identifier?
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> We do the same as Pam with the patient name and case number
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> "Marcum, Pamela A" <PAMarcum <@t> uams.edu> wrote:
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> >We use the specimen or accessioning number and the patient name as the two identifiers and that seems to meet the criteria.  We use the Thermo cassette writer and it transfers the information to the slides.
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> >Pam Marcum
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> >Hello all,
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> >For those of you using cassette and slide labelers....
> >Does your system permit you to print the accession number, patient name, and  DOB on the face of the cassette?  Are you using the specimen number and name as your two identifiers?
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