SUMMARY OF UNIT 5:
Errors in death Certification
Summary
- Errors in filling a death certificate includes
A. Technical errors
B. Certification errors
Summary
- Errors in filling a death certificate includes
A.Technical errors
Summary
- Errors in filling a death certificate includes
B. Certification errors
There are 2 types of certification errors
1. Major
2. Minor
Abbreviations, absence of time intervals and mechanism of death followed by a legitimate underlying cause of death are the minor errors in filling death certificates
Your next Unit deals with
‘Inaccuracies in a filled in death certificate’