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[0] 15 [Impact on Testing] • The patient and the patient’s specimen must be positively identified at the time of collection • Tubes must be labeled after filling with a label bearing at least the following: • Patient’s first and last names • Identification number • Date of collection • Time of collection • Identification of phlebotomist [Procedural Steps] 
Label the tubes and record time of collection
Communiqué - Preanalytic Laboratory Errors - Mayo Medical Laboratories
Procedural Steps