Re: medical misadministration of I-131

["Nathan Pell" <npell@rsoinc.com>]

AMEN!!
You Go Girl!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Perle <sandyfl@earthlink.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: medical misadministration of I-131


>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
>
>"The object of opening the mind, as of opening 
>the mouth, is to close it again on something solid"
>              - G. K. Chesterton -
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