Barcodes introduced for newborn babies
By Sara Mackenzie on 22/04/2010 14:08:00
One hospital has replaced handwritten wristbands with a barcode system to keep babies even safer
five after birth to identify the heel prick blood sample."They send off the blood test and the label together to a regional screening laboratory to be tested for conditions like sickle cell disease and cystic fibrosis.”
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