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Interpreters in ER may limit medical errors: study
Reuters – Having professional translators in emergency rooms for non-English-speaking patients may help limit potential miscommunications, according to a U.S. study. The study, conducted at two pediatric ERs and published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, found that mistakes which could have “clinical consequences,” like giving the wrong medication dose, were about twice as likely if there were no interpreters or if the translator was an amateur. Read article
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