One of the main reasons that barcoding has not been enthusiastically adopted by histology laboratories is that barcodes have been shown to be LESS accurate than human transcription in maintaining specimen identification throughout the entire laboratory process.

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One of the main reasons that barcoding has not been enthusiastically adopted by histology laboratories is that barcodes have been shown to be LESS accurate than human transcription in maintaining specimen identification throughout the entire laboratory process.

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