Last week, on a computer generated report, you accidentally documented that a patient suffered from hypertension when, in fact, he did not. Unfortunately, the report has been locked by the computer and cannot be changed; however, it can be printed. Your first action would be to:
A) retype the entire report and include the change.
B) print the report and draw a line through the error.
C) contact the hospital and have them change it in the patient's medical record.
D) notify the medical director so that she can fix the error.
B
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