phrase General Slang

404 moment

· phrase · medical

When the patient's notes have vanished mid-ward-round.

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The moment on rounds when the chart, the file, the scan, the lab result — none of it can be found. Not in the trolley, not on the system, not at the desk. Borrowed straight from the HTTP 404 'Not Found' error, deployed with a sigh.

“Consultant asked for the bloods and we all just stood there having a 404 moment.”
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404 moment In A Sentence

Consultant asked for the bloods and we all just stood there having a 404 moment.

Origin & Usage

Late-1990s/early-2000s medical slang, lifted from the HTTP 404 web error code.

Variants 404404 error

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