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What about a patient's medical chart could be potentially hazardous to the patient's medical treatment?
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Although the handwriting of physicians is the butt of many jokes, it is a potentially serious hazard to patients (found in Law, Liability, and Ethics) page190
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Which of the following could be potentially hazardous to the patients medical treatment?
illegible records
Screening of patients to determine their priority of need for medical treatment?
Triage
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