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  • The study assessed the blood gas ordering and testing workflow in a cardiothoracic operating room to find ways to improve efficiency and safety.
  • The introduction of an OpTime Epic Sidebar button streamlined the process by printing laboratory barcode labels directly in the operating room, eliminating the need for relabeling and reducing the risk of errors.
  • As a result, over 95% of specimens were properly labeled post-intervention, a significant improvement from less than 1%, highlighting the importance of teamwork and performance improvement methodologies in healthcare.

Article Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the current workflow of blood gas ordering and testing in a cardiothoracic operating room to identify opportunities to streamline the process, using performance improvement methodologies.

Methods: Issues with specimen relabeling were identified that lead to delayed results and potential patient safety concerns. Blood gas specimen relabeling was evaluated for operating room cases from August 2018 to December 2022. An OpTime Epic Sidebar button for arterial blood gas and venous blood gas orders was created in January 2019 to streamline the ordering process so that laboratory barcode labels were then printed in the operating room and attached to the specimen, eliminating the need for relabeling by the technologists.

Results: This Epic Sidebar intervention led to a drastic improvement of appropriate labeling, which has been sustained. From March 2019 to January 2023, with our new workflow, over 95% of blood gas specimens arrived barcode labeled compared to less than 1% in the preintervention era.

Conclusions: A multidisciplinary team with key stakeholders is important to address complex care issues. Performance improvement methodology is critical to develop interventions that hardwire the process. This intervention led to a sustained reduction in secondary relabeling of patient samples and improved timeliness of reporting of blood gas results.

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