Medical Economics November 25, 2024
On behalf of Patients for Safer Nuclear Medicine, we object to the content of Cathy Sue Cutler’s column dismissing efforts to improve nuclear medicine safety and transparency.
On behalf of Patients for Safer Nuclear Medicine (PSNM), a coalition of 30 patient advocacy groups, we object to the content of Cathy Sue Cutler’s column dismissing efforts to improve nuclear medicine safety and transparency.
At issue is a 44 year-old loophole in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) “medical event” reporting rules.Since 1980, NRC has required reporting of events in which patients are unintentionally irradiated above a certain threshold, because these events may potentially indicate improper handling of radiation.The loophole exempts extravasations, when radiopharmaceuticals are accidentally injected into patients’ tissue instead of their...
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