title: Putting bar codes to work for improved patient care.
abstract: Healthcare bar code applications have developed more slowly than industrial or supermarket bar codes, but they are beginning to gain acceptance. Clinical laboratories that use bar code systems have already improved productivity and, more importantly, patient care through reduction of human clerical errors in identifying laboratory samples. Soon, integration of proven technology should expand the benefits of automatic ID to a broader range of healthcare applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Community Hospitals of Central California, Fresno.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weilert
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Tilzer
mesh_terms: D000094902:Blood Banking / Q000379:methods; D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D010355:Patient Identification Systems