Re: medical misadministration of I-131

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

One reply stated that the facility does a lot of work and performs 
many procedures, and that accidents happen. In my opinion, there is 
no excuse for administering any medication to the wrong patient. This 
isn't an issue of requiring a medical physicist. Hell, it doesn't 
require a doctor or any scientist. It only requires someone to write 
down the correct information, and for someone to read the information 
correctly, and then ask the patient who they are and verify their 
identity. These types of accidents should not be tolerated, and 
whether or not the patient who received the incorrect medication, or 
procedure, is not the issue. The root causes for the error must be 
identified, and countermeasures implemented to preclude recurrence, 
permanently. Workload is not an acceptable answer, under any 
circumstances.

Sandy Perle
E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net 
Personal Website: http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/1205

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the mouth, is to close it again on something solid"
              - G. K. Chesterton -
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