... series of egre-gious events that put the issue of medical errors on the front pages of papersacross the country: amputation of the wrong leg, removal of the wrongbreast, operation on the wrong ... laboratory. The practice where the order originated should record the date, time, mode of contact, and content of the communication, together with a statement of the interpretation of the reported ... which the ordering physicianwill be contacted expeditiously because of the possibility of a problem. The date, time, mode of contact, and content of the communication shouldbe recorded by the...