Communication Problems That Contribute to Medical Errors in a Medical

question 11

Multiple Choice

Communication problems that contribute to medical errors in a medical facility include all of the following except ____.

• A) mislabeled laboratory orders
• B) mishandled patient messages
• C) unreadable information in a patient's record
• D) misfiled paper records
• E) poor telephone etiquette

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