When writing a prehospital care report, you accidentally document a laceration as being on the left side of a patient's face when it was actually on the right side of the face. In addition to putting your initials and current date/time next to your correction, you would change your documentation in which of the following ways?
a. Color over the word "left" with black ink and write the word "right" next to it.
b. Write the word "error" through the word "left" and then write the word "right" next to it.
c. Use correction fluid to cover the word "left" and write the word "right" next to it.
d. Draw a single line through the word "left" and write the word "right" next to it.
Answer: d
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