Identification of patients & samples

Automatic identification from the bedside to the lab prevents mix-ups before they can happen.

Technology partnerGoDEX· GoDEX Europe GmbH · Radevormwald, Germany
01 · Patient & Sample Identification
Where you stand: the why

Where errors start and what they cost your laboratory.

~70 % of all avoidable laboratory errors happen before the analysis, in pre-analytics. Sample identification sits right at the start of that chain: a wrong or unreadable label at step 1 carries through the whole sample flow.

Source: Lippi et al. 2006 · Plebani/Carraro, Clin Chem 1997/2007 (61.9–68.2 %)

10 sper tube

Peeling off the label and sticking it on by hand (experience from lab projects), assumption.

3.3 hper day with your figures

labelled in 3 seconds with the GTL100

1 in 14,000samples containing the wrong patient’s blood

Mix-up during collection on the ward (BEST Collaborative study), plausible.

32 samplesper year with your figures

wristband and label from one order

2 minper faulty label

Spotting, correcting, documenting (experience from lab projects), assumption.

105 hper year with your figures

fewer failures with direct thermal printing

Worked out per sample from the source. The projection uses your figures from the quick check: here 3,000 samples a day and 250 operating days a year.

Product overview

Three solutions. Every place of use covered.

Why LabSentinels recommends GoDEX
OEM & Branding

All three printers are also available as an OEM version. The housing then carries your brand instead of the manufacturer's.

Screenshot of the room view: scale model of the GoDEX GTL100 on a table, with a dimension label showing 33 cm wide and 17 cm high
Space needed
Does the device fit your space?

On your phone, the camera places the device true to scale where you plan to put it, at real size, with add-ons if you choose any. This does not work on a desktop screen.

Scan with your phone
The code takes you straight into the room view – one tap and the device stands in your space. Nothing is installed and nothing is recorded.

GTL100

Automated Tube Labeler, fully automatic and ribbon-free

The GTL100 prints and applies order-entry and LIS barcodes onto sample tubes fully automatically – 3 seconds per tube, printing and application in one pass.

per tube, printed and applied
3 s
tube diameter
13–16 mm
direct thermal, no ribbon
203 dpi
footprint
330 × 201 mm

EZ-2+

Labels for patient wristbands and every area in the lab, the hospital and the practice

The 2″ direct thermal EZ-2+ prints patient wristbands and identification labels, so the patient is identified from first contact onwards.

print speed, up to
304.8 mm/s
resolution
203 / 300 dpi
label width
25.4–60 mm
weight
1.35 kg

DT2x

Labels for every area in and around the laboratory

The DT2x complements the GTL100 wherever labelling is still done by hand. It is the energy-efficient (ENERGY STAR®), affordable workhorse for any area.

print speed, up to
177 mm/s
direct thermal, no ribbon
203 dpi
roll width, maximum
60 mm
weight
1.2 kg

Label sample set – Approved label stock for the GTL100, EZ-2+ and DT2x. It is chemical-resistant and able to withstand centrifugation and refrigeration. We are happy to send you a sample set at no charge.

Your savings in figures

What this means for your lab.

01 · Patient & Sample Identification– savings per year

€44,634

19 % of €235,685−0.1 min per sample

Example figuresPrivate lab3,000 samples/day€21 per hour

From an estimate to your own figure.

Real value for you – or an honest no.
Integration & IT

What your IT needs to know before the first printer arrives.

The printers connect to whatever system already prints labels today, through the standard printer language. What that means for interfaces, the network and the project effort is here rather than in a spec line on the product.