Organ donation and blood banks of today have become global. The need for these life saving donations is unquestionable. Data such as blood and tissue type must be matched and crossmatched and then dispatched immediately to where it is most critically needed. This requires a sophisticated data base system. Bar code scanners linked to a central data base can accomplish all these tasks.
Medical laboratories perform thousands of tests every day.
Bloodwork, urinalysis, drug screening, HIV, cholesteral screening, premarital blood tests, biopsies, etc. are but a few of the urgent tests performed. Speed and accuracy once again are critical. Bar codes and scanners eliminate life threatening data entry errors. Requisitions are filled out quicker and with less repetition. Patients requiring multiple tests can be accomodated with a single requisition.