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Evaluation of near-miss wrong-patient events in radiology reports.

Sadigh G, Loehfelm T, Applegate KE, et al. JOURNAL CLUB: Evaluation of Near-Miss Wrong-Patient Events in Radiology Reports. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015;205(2):337-43. doi:10.2214/AJR.14.13339.

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November 4, 2015
Sadigh G, Loehfelm T, Applegate KE, et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015;205(2):337-43.
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Despite The Joint Commission requirement to use at least two patient identifiers when obtaining an imaging study, wrong-patient events still occur. This retrospective case review study determined the prevalence of reported near-miss wrong-patient events in radiology at two large academic hospitals. The overall event rate was 4 per 100,000 radiology studies.

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Sadigh G, Loehfelm T, Applegate KE, et al. JOURNAL CLUB: Evaluation of Near-Miss Wrong-Patient Events in Radiology Reports. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015;205(2):337-43. doi:10.2214/AJR.14.13339.