Medical Errors: Medical Errors and Near Misses

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Which occurrence is a medical error?

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Technologist drops and breaks a bottle of chemistry reagent

Patient is tested and diagnosed with acute leukemia

Analyzer malfunctions and test results are rejected as invalid

Incompatible blood is transfused into a patient during surgery

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