Systems and methods for tracking a slide using a composite barcode label

摘要

Systems and methods for tracking a slide comprising a tissue sample. In an embodiment, data is received from a Laboratory Information System (LIS) barcode associated with a slide and a proprietary barcode generated by a slide staining system, such as a Ventana slide staining system, to track the slide through the staining process. A new label is printed that contains both the LIS barcode and the proprietary barcode, and is attached to the slide. When the slide is subsequently scanned by a slide scanning system, the slide scanning system reads and decodes the LIS barcode to obtain a LIS barcode value. The LIS barcode value may then be used to retrieve information associated with the slide.

主权项

1. A method for tracking a slide, the method comprising:
by at least one hardware processor,
receiving Laboratory Information System (LIS) data from a first LIS barcode,receiving proprietary data from a first proprietary barcode, andgenerating a composite barcode label comprising a second LIS barcode and a second proprietary barcode, wherein the second LIS barcode comprises the LIS data and the second proprietary barcode comprises the proprietary data, and wherein the second LIS barcode is not identical to the first LIS barcode; and by a slide scanning system,
scanning the second LIS barcode while scanning a slide,decoding the second LIS barcode to obtain the LIS data, andretrieving information from at least one database based on the LIS data.