NEW YORK, Apr 18: Having professional translators in the emergency room for non-English-speaking patients might help limit potentially dangerous miscommunication, a new study suggests. The study, done at two pediatric ERs, found that when Spanish-speaking families had access to a professional interpreter, 12 percent of translation slips—such as adding or omitting certain words and phrases—could have had ‘clinical consequences,’ like giving a wrong medication dose. (agencies)
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