Judith,
I have never hearof "accession number check letters", but our computer
system, Meditech, does tell us when we try to enter a patient that has
already been entered for that day.    It has come  in handy in reducing
accessioning errors.   I am interested in finding out about this "accession
number check letters".   It sounds like it could be helpful?
Hazel

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Carpenter, Judith A. [SMTP:Jude.Carpenter@vtmednet.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:59 AM
> To:	'NSH'
> Subject:	accession/number/check/letters
> 
> Has anyone heard of  "accession number check letters"
> as a system of reducing accessioning errors ?
> Our pathologist received a cryptic email on this
> "accession number check letters" as a way to reduce
> the errors produced during accessioning several containers
> on specimens.  We wondered if it was some kind of
> software that is part of an anatomic path. info system...
> Thanks in advance-
> Jude
> Jude Carpenter,BS, HTL(ASCP)
> Chief Technologist/Surgical Pathology/Histology/Autopsy
> FAHC/MCHV Campus
> 111 Colchester Ave.
> Burlington,   VT  05401
> (802)847-5116
> FAX : (802)847-3509
> jude.carpenter@vtmednet.org
>