Ambulatory clinic for school physical

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Scenario

An 8-year-old girl is brought to the ambulatory clinic for a school physical. She has recently arrived from China and will be attending the local elementary school. The child is in good health and has all her immunizations except the Varicella vaccine. The nurse prepares the vaccination, and the physician administers the vaccination. When charting the information in the computer, the doctor discovers that the hepatitis B vaccine was given instead of the Varicella vaccine.

Questions

1. What is the primary dilemma in this situation?

2. Is any harm likely to come from this error?

3. Who is liable the doctor, the nurse, or both?

4. How could this error have been prevented?

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