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Phlebotomy Technician

Category - Law & Documentation

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Phil the New Phlebotomy Tech is at the patient’s bedside. While completing the label of the blood specimen he just drew, Phil realizes he wrote the wrong date. He puts a line across the wrong entry, adds his initials at the end of the line, and writes the correct date above the incorrect date. What, if anything, has Phil done wrong?
  1. Phil has not done anything wrong.
  2. Phil should have kept the label neat by whiting-out the wrong date.
  3. Phil should have gone back to the lab for a new label.
  4. Phil should make a very black box over the wrong date, so as not to cause confusion.
Explanation
Answer: A - Phil has followed the correct procedure for when a documentation error is made. Mistakes are corrected by making one line going through the incorrect information, initialing, and writing the corrected information next to the struck-out word or above it. Because the labels are part of the medical record, and the medical record is a legal document, this is the only acceptable method of correcting written mistakes.
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