Because Margaret did not check her patient's information and did not inform the patient about the tests she had ordered, she drew three tubes of blood on the wrong patient, which if she had informed the patient he would have caught the mistake. Margaret was supposed to check the order and patient information. The result of this error would be that she did not know the policy and procedure or, even if she was qualified to perform the procedure herself, she would not ask other employees for help. This could have caused harm to the patient by not having the right patient and not receiving the test to determine the status of their health problems. The test for the elderly man consisted of evaluating the body's ability to clot, monitoring the effect of anticoagulant drugs and diagnosing the liver
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