Saturday, December 31, 2011

Laboratory

Lab[el] Efficiency: Improve specimen tracking with barcode labeling
Dasco's cohesive laboratory identification solutions can improve your lab efficiency, maintain data integrity through chain of custody tracking and sample traceability, and reduce the chance for human error.

Barcode labeling improves lab efficiency

 Effective specimen identification keeps your lab samples organized from the time samples are collected through lab processing to results delivery. Dasco’s identification solutions help to ensure that the right results are delivered to the right patient with the right diagnosis for the right treatment.

High-performance labels maintain data integrity

 Dasco supplies long-lasting Brady labels that resist harsh chemicals and endure extreme temperatures (liquid nitrogen, autoclave, hot water bathes, and frozen specimens). Your labels will maintain barcodes and data integrity through chain of custody tracking and sample traceability.

Lab-tested performance

Brady labels are lab-tested to evaluate label printability, durability, appearance, handling/dispensing, permanence and conformability. Durability tests evaluate how label materials react when exposed to abrasions, chemicals, weathering, UV light, aging, humidity, corrosion, and fungus.

All Brady label components are lab-tested from the topcoat and substrate to the adhesive and release liner. You can count consistent label performance from the time your samples are collected through the testing processes to long-term storage. Brady lab labels are designed to fit vials, slides, straws, and well plates and comply with laboratory regulatory labeling requirements.

Accurate and reliable specimen labeling

 Brady high-performance lab labels won't smear, fade or fall off and remain legible and scannable everytime. Labels are made for space-efficient linear and 2D barcodes to maximize specimen information in a small footprint. You'll improve lab accuracy with clear and reliable specimen identification and reduce the chance for human error.

Free Online Demonstration: Dasco's Lab Specimen Identification System

Dasco offers you the latest innovations for lab identification and tracking, as well as best practices for labeling, lab efficiency, and compliance. Call Dasco toll-free at 800-266-4106 for a free online lab specimen ID system demonstration.

Lab[el] Accuracy: Label performance improves lab accuracy

Dasco supplies labels that have been rigorously tested to resist harsh solvents, adhere to frozen surfaces, and endure extreme temperatures (liquid nitrogen and autoclave) without smearing, fading or falling off. Dasco's resilient labels perform through changing lab conditions to remain legible and scannable every time.

Test Dasco's lab labels for yourself and see how our long-lasting, high-performance labels can improve your lab accuracy. For your FREE Lab Label Sample Kit, call Dasco toll-free at 800-927-7701.

Specimen Management

 Effective specimen identification keeps lab specimens organized from the time samples are collected through lab processing to results delivery. Dasco’s identification solutions help to ensure that the right results are delivered to the right patient with the right diagnosis for the right treatment.

Dasco’s identification systems include label printers, high-performance lab labels, barcode scanners, and label software. Printers quickly produce specimen labels at the time your patients’ samples are drawn thus reducing the risk for misidentification. Uniquely designed thermal transfer labels endure harsh laboratory chemicals and extreme temperatures without smearing, fading, or falling off. Your labels will remain legible and scannable everytime. Label design software produces barcodes to capture more specimen data in a small footprint.

Dasco’s lab identification solutions can improve your chain of custody tracking and specimen management providing your patients with added security.

For more of Dasco's laboratory identification solutions, call a knowledgeable Dasco solution consultant toll-free at
800-927-7701.

Patient Bedside

Ensure positive patient identification for bedside specimen collection and medication administration
Dasco assists hospitals with implementing patient safety initiatives through barcode automation, high-performance label materials, on-demand printing systems, and barcode scanners and data collection terminals.

Dasco's patient bedside printing and data collection applications help to accurately verify patient identification so that the right medication is administered at the right dose at the right time to the right patient. Positive patient identification also ensures that specimens are collected and accurately labeled at the patient's bedside.

A portable data collection terminal with a printer and labels eliminates handwritten errors and errors made when transferring data from room-to-room. Nurses, phlebotomists, and technicians save time by collecting and labeling samples at the patient bedside, and bedside labeling streamlines workflow in the lab by eliminating the need for relabeling.

Dasco specializes in high-performance thermal transfer printers designed specifically for the healthcare market. Choose from wireless, mobile, desktop, and patient ID wristband printers. Thermal transfer printing solutions incorporate text, graphics, and barcodes so that you can produce your labels, tags, ID badges and wristbands as you need them. 

Call Dasco toll-free at 800-266-4106, and we will help you find the best identification system for your hospital.

Friday, December 30, 2011

Hospital Pharmacy

Reduce medication errors with barcode technology
One of the most effective methods of preventing medication errors is by implementing a barcode system to identify medications at the unit-dose level for dispensing and administration. This use of barcoding sets a strong foundation for patient safety in your hospital pharmacy.

Barcode label printing in the hospital pharmacy allows you to expedite medication check-out and more conveniently, accurately track your inventory, and create unit-dose labels on medications that can then be tracked at the patient bedside. Dasco's pharmacy labels include variable data at the unit-dose level to ensure that the right medication is administered at the right dosage to the right patient.

Dasco offers a complete selection of thermal printers, labels, scanners, and software that stand alone or interface with your pharmacy information system. Our thermal transfer system reduces cost and improves efficiency over laser printing systems. Dasco can help you upgrade your labeling system to meet current standards with little to no changes in your software.

Dasco's labeling and barcode solutions enhance hospital prescription processing through accuracy, legibility, and protecting your patients' privacy.

Call Dasco toll-free at 800-266-4106, and we will help you find the best identification system for your hospital pharmacy.

Blood Bank

Durable barcoded labels remain affixed through harsh processing protocols and accurately track blood to its final destination

Blood banks require durable labels that remain affixed through varied processing environments and that are barcoded and clearly identified to accurately track blood from the time it is collected from the donor until it is delivered to the patient.

Simplify blood labeling with single source on-demand printing
Dasco's efficient, money-saving solutions include desktop, portable and higher-volume printers, tethered and wireless barcode scanners, data collection terminals, and integration software that prints primary and secondary ISBT 128 compliant labels as you need them. Blood bag labels are durable, accurate, and barcode scannable to ensure that the right patient receives the right blood type.

Call a knowledgeable Dasco healthcare representative toll-free at 800-927-7701.

Admissions

Patient safety begins with reliable patient identification
Implementing a reliable patient ID wristband system is a critical first step for accurate patient identification. Scanable barcode patient ID wristbands help to ensure that the right patient gets the right medication at the right time with the right dose during the right route.

Dasco supplies reliable patient ID wristbands that withstand water, soap, foam, alcohol, and solvents to remain scanable through your patient's entire hospital stay. Adult and child-size wristband cartridges make change-out easy without waste; and barcode scanners and imagers that collect data reliably and easily.

Dasco's barcode systems meet the Joint Commission and World Healthcare Organization requirements for improving accuracy of patient identification; they meet HIPAA requirements for protecting patient privacy; and they meet AHA standards by reducing the risk of lost or transferred data.

Automate your patient ID wristband making process
Dasco offers this time savings solution: create your patient ID wristbands quickly with the Zebra HC100 Patient ID Wristband Printer. Just load a wristband cartridge, print a wristband, and place it on the patient. It's that easy. Compare this with time-intensive laser printing processes.

With the HC100, there is no more loading forms into a special tray, printing a label, applying the label to a wristband, or laminating the label. No more expensive toner or ribbons. Your admissions department will save time and money.

From patient ID wristbands, to label printers and barcode scanners, to software integration, to Dasco's MiSim plug-and-print solution, we will help you find the best patient ID solution for your hospital. For expert service and support, call Dasco toll-free at 800-927-7701.

About Dasco

Since 1954 Dasco has been providing labeling, barcode printing, and data collection systems for hospitals like yours. We understand your critical needs for patient safety and operational productivity. That’s why we’re here to help you automate your hospital systems with barcode printing and scanning solutions.

Dasco interfaces with all EMR software including EPIC, McKesson Star, Cerner Millenium, Sunquest (Misys), and GE Centricity. And our operational solutions will benefit your admissions, blood bank, laboratory, patient bedside, and pharmacy environments, and we are a Brady Certified Solutions Provider, a Zebra Authorized Partner, and an authorized distributor for Intermec and many others.

Dasco brings you efficient, money-saving solutions

Dasco aims to bring you efficient, money-saving solutions to your hospital through labeling and identification systems. Give us a call and we’ll evaluate your current system, discover your goals and objectives, and recommend efficiencies that can increase your patient safety, improve your productivity, and reduce your operational costs.

Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dasco provides operational expertise to many major hospitals throughout the United States. We would be proud to add you to our listing our satisfied clients. Let us work with you to develop tools and integrate solutions quicker and for less cost than our competition. Plus, we’ll save you the time and expense of producing it on-demand as you need it.

To set up your FREE consultation, call a knowledgeable Dasco representative toll-free at 800-927-7701.