07/13/2023
It's not always easy to make a change how you do various tasks. That's true through our entire life. Change can be difficult.
However there are times when a change can make a dramatic difference.
In the laboratory, change of procedures can be difficult. Upsetting the status-quo requires changing procedures. Re-training. And constant reinforcement of the new systems. It makes a person question if the change is worth it.
It's no different in the Anatomic Pathology laboratory especially in the surgical pathology grossing queue. There are many different systems that employ complex, confusing and often very expensive solutions. Computers. Printers. Barcode readers. And often specialized consumable products.
At Safety-Spec, we questioned why such complexity was needed, when a simple organizational tool would work as good, or even better, than the most complex system. The Safety-Spec Gross Room Tray (TM) doesn't require any of those expensive elements.
Using the simple Safety-Spec Gross Room Tray (TM), Anatomic Pathology laboratories can improve their organization, keeping specimen bottles, tissue cassettes and paperwork organized, from the accessioning station to the gross room table. This eliminates the redundant step of the grossing staff having to find the matching cassette to the specimen and allows them to spend that time ensuring accuracy of labels rather than searching through a pile of disorganized cassettes.
What's the result?
1. Increased efficiency by maintaining organization.
2. Reducing staff workload, stress and burnout by organization.
3. Improved accuracy in ensuring the right tissue cassette is used for a specimen.
4. Reduce diagnostic errors through the reduction of labeling errors.
5. Reduce direct labor cost (i.e. time used) by reduced error correction actions.
6. Reduce the risk of med-mal actions due to diagnoses being given to wrong patients due to mislabeling.
And best of all, the trays and system are simple, intuitive and easy to implement. The inexpensive trays are reusable helping ensure that their purchase fits into any laboratories budget.
Given all of this...isn't it worth investing in this change for your laboratory?
How many labeling errors will it take for that change to become essential for your laboratory?
