You are in the process of identifying an inpatient. The patient's verbal confirmation of name and date of birth matches the requisition, but the medical record number is different. When should you do?

You are in the process of identifying an inpatient. The patient's verbal confirmation of name and date of birth matches the requisition, but the medical record number is different. When should you do?





A. change the requisition number to match the ID band and collect the specimen
B. collect the specimen and inform the patients nurse that the ID needs correcting
C. do not collect the specimen until the patient's nurse that the I'D needs and resolved
D. fill out an incident report and return to the lab without collecting a specimen



Answer: C


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