Enhanced Patient ID System for Specimens

The system was developed by Becton, Dickinson & Company (BD, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA).

Version 6.0 of the BD.id system combines proven functionality with new product improvements, including embedded analytics with enhanced reporting capabilities. Designed with hospital management in mind, the BD.id easily generates error prevention logs, materials management data, and phlebotomy statistics. The reports are comprehensive enough to produce meaningful trend analyses, yet specific enough to pinpoint inappropriate container use, system workarounds, and staff retraining needs. This specificity can reduce institutional costs associated with medical mistakes by helping to eliminate needless and expensive blood redraws, inappropriate prescriptions, and even unnecessary surgeries. Hospitals that have used the system have experienced nearly a 100% decrease in specimen-management errors, the company states.

"BD's own commitment to process improvement underlies the design of the BD.id system, resulting in a tool that facilitates system-wide error reduction in hospitals,” remarked Edward J. Ludwig, chairman, president, and CEO of BD.




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