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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Inappropriate use of pharmacy bulk packages of IV contrast media increases risk of infections.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. September 20, 2012;17:1,3-4.

STUDY

Prevention of a wrong-location misadministration through the use of an intradepartmental incident learning system.

Ford EC, Smith K, Harris K, Terezakis S. Med Phys. 2012;39:6968-6971.

STUDY

Management-changing errors in the recall of radiologic results—a pilot study.

Brus-Ramer M, Yerubandi V, Newhouse JH. Clin Radiol. 2012;67:574-578.

STUDY

Autopsy as a quality control measure for radiology, and vice versa.

Murken DR, Ding M, Branstetter BF IV, Nichols L. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012;199:394-401.

STUDY

Time trends in pulmonary embolism in the United States: evidence of overdiagnosis.

Wiener RS, Schwartz LM, Woloshin S. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:831-837.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Smetzer JL, Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:869-872.

COMMENTARY

Intrahospital transport to the radiology department: risk for adverse events, nursing surveillance, utilization of a MET and practice implications.

Ott LK, Hoffman LA, Hravnak M. J Radiol Nurs. 2011;30:49-52.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Spike in MR imaging accidents underscores need for regulation.

Radiological Society of North America. RSNA News; October 2010.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing accidents and injuries in the MRI suite.

Sentinel Event Alert. February 14, 2008;(38):1-3.

COMMENTARY

Using information to optimize medical outcomes.

Duncan JR, Evens RG. JAMA. 2009;301:2383-2385.

STUDY

Accuracy of radiographic readings in the emergency department.

Petinaux B, Bhat R, Boniface K, Aristizabal J. Am J Emerg Med. 2011;29:18-25.

STUDY

Frequent diagnostic errors in cardiac PET/CT due to misregistration of CT attenuation and emission PET images: a definitive analysis of causes, consequences, and corrections.

Gould KL, Pan T, Loghin C, Johnson NP, Guha A, Sdringola S. J Nucl Med. 2007;48:1112-1121.

STUDY

Medical emergency team calls in the radiology department: patient characteristics and outcomes.

Ott LK, Pinsky MR, Hoffman LA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012 Mar 2; [Epup ahead of print].

COMMENTARY

Flying Object Hits MRI.

Gosbee J, Gosbee LL. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2003.

STUDY

Non-clinical errors using voice recognition dictation software for radiology reports: a retrospective audit.

Chang CA, Strahan R, Jolley D. J Digit Imaging. 2011;24:724-728.

COMMENTARY

Application of failure mode and effect analysis in a radiology department.

Thornton E, Brook OR, Mendiratta-Lala M, Hallett DT, Kruskal JB. Radiographics. 2011;31:281-293.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

MRI safety 10 years later.

Gilk T, Latino RJ. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. November/December 2011;8:22-23,26-29.

REVIEW

Body CT: technical advances for improving safety.

Marin D, Nelson RC, Rubin GD, Schindera ST. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011;197:33-41.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety event reporting in a large radiology department.

Schultz SR, Watson RE Jr, Prescott SL, et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011;197:684-688.

STUDY

New technologies in radiation therapy: ensuring patient safety, radiation safety and regulatory issues in radiation oncology.

Amols HI. Health Phys. 2008;95:658-665.

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