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Analyze the Action and Match the Correct Potential Charge

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Analyze the action and match the correct potential charge.
-The electrosurgical unit (ESU) active electrode (pencil) is left on the patient's lap and not returned to the ESU holder. You notice it, but the surgeon clips a bleeder, and you immediately pass a hemostat and then suture. As the surgeon is working to find and clip the bleeder, you place lap sponges, and he packs them away. The assistant is using suction. While you watch, the surgeon asks for a Balfour, and you pass it to him. He then asks for more laps. When you turn back to the field, you find smoke and immediately place a wet towel over the source. Upon exam, there is a 2-inch burn on the patient's leg, which is excised and six stitches placed. What type of injury is this?


A) Abandonment
B) Assault and battery
C) Iatrogenic
D) Invasion of privacy and HIPAA violation
E) Libel
F) Malpractice
G) Negligence
H) Slander

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