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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Biochem. 2012 Jun 28;45(0):988–998. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.06.019

TOPIC AREA: Patient Specimen Identification

Practice: Barcoding Systems

Practice: Bar
Coding Systems		 Study Quality Rating Effect Size Rating Overall
Consistency		 Overall Strength of
Body of Evidence
Study Practice Measures Results Total Rating
Published
Bologna 2002 3 2 1 1 7 Fair Moderate 5 Studies = Good/Substantial
Brown 2010 2 2 2 3 9 Good Substantial
Fabretti 2011 2 2 0 1 5 Poor N/A
Hayden. 2008 3 2 1 2 8 Good Substantial 2 Studies = Fair/Substantial
Hill 2010 2 2 2 3 9 Good Substantial
Killeen 2005 3 2 1 3 9 Good Substantial 1 Study = Good/Moderate
Morrison 2010 2 2 2 1 7 Fair Moderate
Sandler 2005 0 1 1 0 2 Poor N/A 2 Studies = Fair/Moderate
Turner 2003 1 1 1 1 4 Poor N/A
Zarbo 2009 2 2 2 3 9 Good Substantial 4 Studies = Poor - Excluded
Unpublished
LBJ 2009 2 2 2 2 8 Good Moderate
U of MN 2009 1 2 2 0 5 Poor N/A
U of WA* 2 2 2 1 7 Fair Substantial
Unpub A 2009 1 2 1 2 6 Fair Substantial
*not in meta- analysis Yes High