Re: medical misadministration to child

["Michael G. Stabin" <michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu>]

From: "William V Lipton"

> This very common error is why I am so much against forcing SI units onto

operational hp's.

> Curies forever, Becquerels NEVER.



It's the conversions *between* unit systems that cause problems, and will

cause more and more problems as the US refuses to join the rest of the world

and use SI. And then *within* a unit system, what is easier to remember, 1

dis/s or 3.7x10^10 dis/s? What is easier to convert, 1 liter = 1000 ml or 1

qt = 32 oz, 1 km = 1000 m or 1 mi = 5280 ft, etc.? Switching to SI and

allowing these clumsy units to disappear in the rear view mirror is clearly

in the best interests of the workers and patients we are trying to protect.

Continuing to resist joining the world scientific community and doing these

conversions between unit systems will certainly result in more

miscalculations, on that we can agree.



Mike



Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP

Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences

Vanderbilt University

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