Figure 8.2. Laboratory instruments in the lab read the bar coding on specimen tubes to ensure positive identification of people and procedures
![Photograph of a specimen tube with a barcode label on it.](mistakefig8-2.gif)
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Figure 8.3. The bar codes are laid out on the wall in close proximity, a design that is inattentive to human factors considerations
![Photograph of a hand holding a barcode reader that is reading barcodes laid out on a wall. A line of red laser light is hovering in the gap between two bar codes, increasing the odds of reading the wrong bar code by mistake.](mistakefig8-3.gif)
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