SPECIMEN TRACKING VIA BARCODE AND RFID CORRELATION AT ACCESSION TIME

摘要

A specimen holder includes an RFID tag that exhibits an RFID unique identifier. The specimen holder also includes a barcode that exhibits a barcode unique identifier. The user may place a specimen holder in a particular rack slot of a multiple slot specimen rack that is situated on a specimen reader. The specimen reader may receive this specimen holder at accession time. The specimen reader reads both the RFID tag and the barcode of the newly inserted specimen holder. The specimen reader may correlate the RFID unique identifier and barcode unique identifier with one another and store the RFID unique identifier and barcode unique identifier associated with one another in a database. The database may also associate the RFID unique identifier and barcode unique identifier of the newly inserted specimen holder with a rack slot unique identifier that the database also stores.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
providing a specimen holder with an RFID tag and a barcode; receiving at accession time the specimen holder at a specimen reader, the specimen holder including a specimen; reading, by the specimen reader, both the RFID tag and the barcode of the specimen holder, the RFID tag including an RFID unique identifier, the barcode including a barcode unique identifier; and storing the RFID unique identifier and the barcode unique identifier of the specimen holder in a database.