How should a laboratory worker correct an error in a patient's clinical record that appears on a paper document?

A. Use correction fluid to delete an incorrect result.
B. Remove the entire page and show it to the physician immediately.
C. Remove the entire page and have it reprinted with the correct result.
D. Mark a single line through the incorrect result and write "error."


Answer: D

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