Make these a part of your everyday routine to make your every day easier. Biopsy Bags — They’re nylon so they’re resistant to moisture — Keeps specimens intact during flow cytometry — Easier to find your specimen when you need it — Fits into any biopsy or tissue cassette Tissue Capsules — Easier …
5S Lean processes can help streamline blood bank processing to improve efficiencies and safety. Here are our 3 top solutions for a “lean” blood bank. 1. Donor Vial Caddy: No More Bags, Envelopes, or Even Worse — Entire Trays for One Specimen • Keeps blood tubes together with the blood bags • Barcode labels can …
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Now that you know the facts, here’s how to help prevent slips, trips, and falls. Use Floor Mats Floor mats provide slip-resistant walking surfaces and help remove dirt, debris, and liquid from shoes. Make sure they are large enough to cover the entryway or work area and have beveled edges for a smooth transition from …
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When it comes to kids, there’s no such thing as a routine blood draw. Their “pre-poke” anxiety can make a clean draw practically impossible. That’s why more facilities are employing the distraction technique to keep kids’ attention away from the needle. All it takes is a little color and a little imagination and you can …
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Creating a kid-friendly pediatric cart that can help distract attention from the needle is one approach you can use to make a difference in a child’s venipuncture experience. Best of all, because by nature the cart is mobile, you can take your “distractions” with you wherever you have to perform a draw. 1. Start with …
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Distraction Products Offer Ways to Avoid Costly Blood Draw Errors The pre-venipuncture distress of a pediatric patient isn’t just a problem for phlebotomists – it can create problems downstream and at the administrative level. Why? Having to perform a redraw due to a compromised or inadequate sample is an added expense that adds up – …
Waste reduction is the name of the game for Lean healthcare facilities. By switching from traditional blood collection tubes to Sarstedt’s S-Monovette Blood Collection System, hospitals, doctor offices, and clinics can reduce sharps waste by up to 5X and concurrently cut disposal costs. Additionally, the S-Monovette System reduces inventory and streamlines processes because it can …
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We’ve worked side-by-side with phlebotomists since 1993, creating solutions to solve their workplace challenges. In fact, our first product was the Tube Jockey. It solves a fundamental question phlebotomists ask themselves every day, “Where do I put my blood tubes when I’m drawing my patients?” Since then, our philosophy has been simple, if there’s a …
In the clinical laboratory, your work requires repetition in order to get accurate test results and to ensure patient safety. So how do you avoid repetitive stress injury when most of your job is repetitive work?By following these tips and having the right tools for the job. Being Organized Means Being ErgonomicTo help prevent overexertion …
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Sitting at work to do your job doesn’t mean you’re resting on your laurels. Working for prolonged periods at a computer, microscope, or microtome is deceiving. While you think this is low-impact, uninterrupted hours of computer work, microscopy, and biopsy slicing, actually exposes small muscles and tendons to excessive activation. With some simple, inexpensive principles, …
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