The medical record number in the ID band matches the number on your requisition, but the patient's name is spelled differently than the one in your requisition. What would you do?

The medical record number in the ID band matches the number on your requisition, but the patient's name is spelled differently than the one in your requisition. What would you do?



A) collect the specimen and report the error to the patient's nurse.

B) draw the specimen because the medical number matches.

C) do not collect the specimen until the difference is resolved.

D) make the correction in the requisition and draw the specimen.



Answer: Do not collect the specimen until the difference is resolved.


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