"A 10-lb sandbag was placed in a pillow case under a patient to support an arterial line. The patient was then taken for an MRI. After changing all the equipment to MRI compatible, the patient was ...
This alert discusses the patient safety incidents which can occur with wrong radiology events. Wrong radiology events reported from July 2016 through June 2017 identified 993 wrong radiology events, ...
This alert discusses a patient safety incident of wrong site procedure. The incident is described. The admission slip indicated RIGHT Pleural Effusion. The attending doctor documented "RIGHT ...