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Four patients say Cedars-Sinai did not tell them they had received a radiation overdose.
Zarembo A. Los Angeles Times. October 15, 2009:A1.
 

This news piece describes communication gaps following a radiation overdose incident thought to involve more than 200 patients at one hospital.
 
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Resource Type:  Newspaper/Magazine Article

Setting of Care:  Hospitals > General Hospitals

Target Audience:  Patients

Clinical Area:  Medicine > Neurology

   Medicine > Radiology

Safety Target:  Device-related Complications

   Nonsurgical Procedural Complications

Approach to Improving Safety:  Legal and Policy Approaches

   Error Reporting and Analysis > Error Reporting > Patient Disclosure

Origin/Sponsor:  North America > United States of America
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