"A post cardiac catheterization patient with a sandbag placed on the left groin went to Radiology for an MRI. The patient was placed on the table. When the technician began to advance the table, ...
This alert discusses the patient safety incidents that can occur when ECG records are associated with the wrong patient. A total of 18 incidents were reported; one is described in detail. In one ...
conducted resulting in the anesthesia procedure being administered at the incorrect site; site marking is not being consistently completed for interventional radiology procedures resulting in ...