Patient misidentifications caused by errors in standard barcode technology.

Marion L. Snyder; Alexis Carter; Karen Jenkins; Corinne R. Fantz

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Patient misidentifications caused by errors in standard barcode technology.

October 13, 2010

Snyder ML, Carter A, Jenkins K, et al. Clin Chem. 2010;56(10):1554-60.

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This study describes misidentification errors resulting from barcode–related problems with suboptimal printing of labels and inadequate scanner resolution requirements.

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