Errors of Commission

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Errors of Commission

There are two types of medical errors:

  • Errors of commission
  • Errors of omission

These are examples of errors of commission--medical errors involving actions.
  • Mislabeling a test specimen
  • Drawing a blood sample from the wrong patient
  • Incubating a test at an incorrect temperature