Hi Susan,
You might consider adding
maladministration of therapy or diagnosis radiopharmaceutical (wrong dose,
wrong patient, wrong pharmaceutical).
uncontrolled overexposure by excessive fluoroscopy during interventional
catheter procedure.
patient or corpse leaving hospital with sealed or unsealed source.
brachytherapy source refusing to retract.
radiotherapy prescription misread (wrong patient, wrong side, wrong dose) or
shielding to limit field not applied.
There are probably several others yet.....
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Harrison [mailto:SHarriso@hillcrest.com]
Sent: Thursday, 13 March 2003 10:43 AM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Risk Assessment
I am new to this list and have never contributed. I am a Radiology
Director for a medium sized rural hospital. Our new Safety Officer for
the hospital has asked me to perform a Risk Assessment for our Radiation
Safety plan. These are the following potential "hazards" I have
identified thus far. Our Safety Officer, however, has mentioned that he
would like a list of ALL possible radiation-related possibilites (no
matter how extreme the may seem)...so, I ask you to please, please
assist me with suggestions for this list.
Here is what I have:
Radiating a Pregnant Patient
Large, Moderate, and Minor Spill (internal and external)
Theft of Radioactive Material from the Nuc Med Hot Lab
Employee Exceeding Annual Limits
Please help me with any other suggestions.
Thank you in advance,
Susan Harrison
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