Question

An outpatient provides the following id: barbara jones, birth date 8/15/63. should a specimen be collected for this lab order?

Answer 1

For this lab order, no specimen may be taken. The lab order does not include the patient's birthdate. The second identification is the patient's birthdate, which is used. A specimen cannot be collected because the secondary identification cannot be linked to the lab order.

Should a specimen be collected from this patient using this lab order and labels?

In accordance with this lab order, a specimen cannot be taken from this patient. The lab order and tube labels do not match the patient's ID band's patient number and date of birth.

When should you label specimen?

Before conducting the patient's test and when adding the label to the specimen, specimens must be correctly labeled. Patient identification must be used at the time of collection. For accuracy in identifying the correct patient and test, patients must be present when the drug container is labeled.

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