Datalogic Heron and Gryphon Barcode Scanners Provide Data Security in Medical Laboratories

With its five laboratories, MEDILYS provides all locations of the Asklepios clinics in Hamburg and other hospitals with a broad spectrum of medical laboratory services. Approximately 7.5 million tests in the field of clinical chemistry and approximately 220,000 bacteriological submissions are processed each year.

The Challenge

Institutions of public health are subject to strict requirements due to numerous new regulations. The new guidelines of the Federal Medical Association for the quality assurance of medical laboratorial examinations became effective on April 1, 2008. each person or institution undertaking such laboratory examinations must meet the new requirements for pre- and post-analysis in particular and introduce a quality management system.

The Solution

Thirty to forty Datalogic barcode readers are delivered to the MEDILYS laboratories each year. Seven complete workplaces for the analysis of samples have been installed in the laboratory of the clinic in Wandsbek alone.

The central laboratory provides various machine-readable request forms, with sample labels on which the patient and sender data are printed. Examination requirements and other information are marked in the corresponding spaces. The labels of the request form with the ordering number of the form as well as the patient data are attached to sample vessels according to the request. The correctly labeled sample is then definitively classed with the request.

The sample is registered in the laboratory by the barcode reader. The laboratory information system assigns the sample to the order from the request without a voucher. There are workplaces specially configured for the various examinations.

The sample is stored in the archive following the analysis. After the examination is completed, the sample is again scanned by the analysis device and receives an archive number. There is always recourse to the sample when it is requested or designated again.

“Rapid and flawless registration of all arriving samples cannot be achieved without the use of the Datalogic barcode readers. The reading devices support us in undergoing a large number of analyses. ” Ulrike Teege, executive assistant medical technician, MEDILYS Institute, clinical center Wandsbek, Hamburg.

Barcode labels ensure a certain identification of the sample.

The Products

The Datalogic Heron reader has great reading performance, is lightweight and easy to use making it perfectly suitable for use in medical laboratories. It can function as either a handheld device or a presentation style reader and includes an autosensing stand in the package.

With rich feature sets and extensive model options, the Gryphon product series represents the premium level of data collection equipment for general purpose applications. Datalogic Gryphon linear imagers offer outstanding reading performance in an ergonomic form factor. Extremely versatile and durable these readers are the ultimate solution for applications where low resolution and/or damaged codes need to be read with consistent and reliable performance.

Both the Heron and Gryphon products feature Datalogic’s patented Green spot for good-read feedback directly on the code, which is useful in noisy environments or when silent scanning is desired.

“Rapid and flawless registration of all arriving samples cannot be achieved without the use of the Datalogic barcode readers. The reading devices support us in undergoing a large number of analyses. ”

Ulrike Teege, Executive AMT, MEDILYS Institute, Clinical Center Wandsbek, Hamburg