Every step along the specimen pathway has a solution, yet the solution goes beyond the optimisation of a single diagnostic step. The interdependence of every step requires a holistic, end-to-end approach to help ensure quality from identification to results reporting—today, tomorrow and every day.
Patient and tube identification are error-prone, manual processes.1,2 In fact, one study on laboratory errors showed that the frequency of inappropriate container and patient identification errors accounted for 8.1% and 8.8% of all errors, respectively.2
The control, or lack thereof, that you have over the beginning of the specimen pathway can have a significant effect on the quality of subsequent processes. Human errors arise from the manual tasks in the identification phase.
These preanalytical inefficiencies influence the specimen’s overall integrity, turnaround time and patient care in the post-analytical phase.2
Error-free identification starts with control, and control requires visibility.
When you have an effective system of traceability from identification to results, you have a clearer view of where manual errors are occurring, how they are affecting the diagnostic workflow and what needs to be done to improve.
Digitalising diagnostic analytics goes hand-in-hand with automation, which can help you address the human errors that arise from manual tasks.
Journey into their diagnostic pathway and discover how they optimised their preanalytical workflow to boost sample quality with BD in this testimonial video.
Specimen traceability from patient identification to results reporting, preanalytical automation reducing manual tasks, streamlined sample pathways supported by data analytics—this is what end-to-end diagnostic stewardship looks like.
Patient experience
BD Vacutainer® Unique Specimen Identifier (USI) Barcode Labelled Tubes streamline the preanalytical phase by helping to reduce non-conformities related to tube labelling, such as patient misidentification.
An optimised diagnostic pathway emerges when high-quality technology solutions are combined with efficient processes and committed teams. Fulfill your performance goals and optimise patient care through diagnostic stewardship with BD Professional Services, equipping you with the tools and training you need to transform today's diagnostic challenges into tomorrow's diagnostic excellence.
Diagnostic accuracy
Employing the BD Preanalytical Quality Check (PAQC), our BD Professional Services experts assess and benchmark your on-site preanalytical practices to identify areas of improvement and define an action plan together.
Throughout the urine specimen journey, we partner with you to help increase efficiency and value with the goal of maintaining specimen integrity, protecting against contamination and improving diagnostic accuracy.
Diagnostic accuracy
With solutions at every step of the patient pathway, the BD Vacutainer® Closed Urine Collection System promotes a reduction in specimen contamination to help you provide better clinical results.
When performed with the right devices, tools and training, the blood collection process can instill greater trust in patients and healthcare workers alike by promoting safety, quality, confidence and comfort.
Patient experience
With the BD Vacutainer® UltraTouch™ Push Button Blood Collection Set, equipped with the PentaPoint™ Comfort Needle Tip and a 25G BD UltraTouch™ Ultra-Thin Wall Technology, 20% more paediatric patients reported feeling no pain, the reduced gauge needle was reported as easy to handle and sample quality was not compromised.3
BD Quikheel™ Lancets significantly reduce pain and enhanced cerebral oxygenation.4
