Radiopharmacy and Prescription Errors
Minor finding | Major finding |
Patient ID incorrect, name misspelled, or date of birth incorrect | Radiopharmaceutical dose not within specified parameters |
Pharmacy labels not present, not initialed | Resident/fellow radiopharmaceutical order not countersigned by staff physician/authorized user |
Wrong procedure code used | Altered biodistribution due to incorrect radiopharmaceutical dosing |
Prescription for pharmacologic agent missing (furosemide, regadenoson, cholecystokinin) | Altered biodistribution due to radiopharmaceutical quality control failure |
Pregnancy form incomplete | Quality-management-program worksheet missing or incomplete |
Pediatric dose not verified | Pregnancy test not performed |
Pregnancy form missing or incorrect |