[ RadSafe ] US reporting agencies

[John Jacobus]

What do you mean by overexposed?  More that one image?
 Total dose?

Are you looking to sue someone?

--- Ron Tucknow <rontucknow at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a question for you folks...
> 
> To make the answer as easy as possible, I'll make
> the
> scenario somewhat far-fetched.
> 
> A patient goes for a radiologic exam in a private
> radiology office in the United States.  The patient
> was accidently overdosed with X-rays.  After the
> procedure, the radiologic technician tells the
> patient
> that she was overdosed with X-rays, but that he does
> not want to report the incident for fear of
> reprimand.
>  You can assume that the radiology office will side
> with their technician pertaining any disputes.
> 
> To whom can the patient report the incident?  Why
> would anyone believe her?
> 
> Ron
> 
> 

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"Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea and never shrinks back to its original proportion." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com


		
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