The single most important rule, emphasized in guidelines like the Dutch ones presented, is that the patient's identity must be verified at the bedside at the moment the blood sample is drawn, and the sample tube must be labeled immediately with the patient's full name and date of birth. Crucially, this information must be written directly onto the tube label and cannot be written on a separate piece of paper or adjusted later. The label must be applied before the phlebotomist leaves the patient's side. This practice, known as 'label at the bedside,' is the primary defense against the fatal error of putting blood from one patient into a tube labeled for another patient ('wrong blood in tube'). No amount of laboratory testing can correct this pre-analytical error.

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Zambia

• Joseph Soko – 101 pts

• Visual Pathway Lesions
• Positive and Negative Symptoms
• Hallucinations and Delusions
• Antipsychotic Medications
• Emergency: Environmental Emergencies