STAIN-RESISTANT LABELS FOR THE LABORATORYFacts- Patient identification errors occur in about 1 percent of laboratory samples and approximately 1 in 18 sample identification errors lead to an adverse event.- Each year, there are 160,900 adverse events in U.S. hospitals because of sample identification errors.- These incidents have a significant financial impact, with redraws, retesting and additional treatment costing the healthcare industry $200 to $400 million annually.The durability of the labels utilized in the laboratory is a critical component of your patient safety system. If the label becomes unreadable, unscannable or falls off during testing, it can cause a sample identification error that could lead to an adverse event, re-testing, redraws and additional treatment. The Zebra® Z-Xtreme5000T, coupled with our Image Lockribbon, was designed to withstand the most common stains and chemicals found in laboratoriesensuring that the label does not discolor and the text and bar c