Using I-Stat Analyzer Customization Features To Minimize Id Entry Errors - Abbott i-STAT 1 System Manual

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Using i-STAT

IntroductIon

This Technical Bulletin describes seven i-STAT

Patient and Operator ID entry errors.

ID Entry on the i-STAT System and Sources of Error

The i-STAT System offers the following options for entering Patient and Operator IDs:

Manual ID entry using the analyzer keypad, and

Barcode scanning using the laser barcode scanner.

As with any user-operated system, ID entry errors can occur using either of the above options. These

generally occur in two ways:

1. Incorrectly entering an ID.

Mistyping an ID

Incorrectly reading an ID from a patient's wrist band

Entering no ID at all

2. Entering an ID that represents the wrong person (Patient or Operator).

Scanning the wrong barcode

Mistyping an ID that happens to be valid for another patient or operator

i-STAT Analyzer Customization Features Used to Minimize ID Entry Errors

The table below lists seven helpful Customization features and related information to support minimizing ID

entry errors.

Technical BulleTin

Analyzer Customization Features to

Minimize ID Entry Errors

Analyzer Customization features that can help minimize

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Rev. Date: 09-Aug-13

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