06/03/2026
📢📢 Help me Help you. There’s at least one or more of these per shift received like this in the laboratory. A stat specimen but no label. Unfortunately we can never run these due to patient safety.
But how can we prevent these errors and unnecessary redraws? Well, patients for one can make sure that the person who is drawing their blood labels their tube at bedside. This is not overstepping, this is advocacy. This is empowerment. The more you know.