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Tom Smith, a patient at Sunny View Hospital, fell out of his bed during his inpatient admission. An incident report was completed at the time of the fall. Smith is suing the hospital because he feels that the nurses were negligent when caring for him. The following actions were taken by the facility. Determine which of these actions should not have occurred.
 
 
  A. The incident report was filed in the risk management office.
 
  B. A note was entered in the patient record stating that an incident report was completed.
 
  C. A copy of the incident report was filed in the patient's record.
 
  D. Defense attorneys for the health care facility reviewed the incident report to prepare for the case.
 
 
 A) A and B
  B) A and C
  C) B and C
  D) B and D

Question 2

Which filing order saves time in processing discharged records?
 A) chronological order
  B) date order
  C) reverse chronological order
  D) universal chart order



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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