How Barcode Systems Are Improving Efficiency in Labs

A key challenge facing biotechnology and pharmaceutical laboratories is how they can reduce mislabeling errors, which can be difficult to spot and have a huge impact on a research project. Laboratories that rely on manual sample labeling can suffer from a high rate of human error. It is all too easy for employees to invert numbers, skip a line, misread a number, or use poor handwriting that others cannot read when labeling or tracking samples manually. Barcode labeling is one of the simplest ways to achieve both cost reduction and increased efficiency in the lab, in particular when combined with a good laboratory inventory management system, improve data collection and management, help streamline inventory management and decrease human errors, while enhancing collaboration.