Is a nurse accountable for anything if he transfuses blood to a patient based on the patient's blood type, which was erroneously recorded on his driver's license, leading to the patient's death?
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Precaution for lives necessitates ensuring the safety and compatibility of the blood with the patient's blood type before transfusion. If it is the nurse's responsibility to verify the blood type by conducting tests, then they bear the consequence of error due to their negligence and dereliction of duty. However, if the system allows them to rely on what is written on the license, then nothing is incumbent upon them.
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