3 Steps to Take After Making a Medical Error

In a KevinMD blog post, Brian J. Secemsky, MD, an internal medicine resident, discusses three steps for appropriately dealing with a medical error.

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The three steps are:

 

1. Let the patient and family know.
2. Notify the rest of the care team.
3. Document the error and report it to the hospital safety committee.

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