A woman takes her child to the family doctor for a cough. The doctor listens to the child’s lungs and orders an X-ray. The X-ray is distorted and hard for the doctor to read. The doctor diagnoses the child with pneumonia, but the child does not have pneumonia. What type of error has occurred?
Two women get tested for diabetes. One woman tests positive and the other tests negative. A human error occurs, and a prescription is given to the wrong woman. What type of error has occurred?
are what happen as a result of a medical error.
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