Analysis of treatment delivery errors in brachytherapy using formal risk analysis techniques

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1492-1508

  Thomadsen, Bruce ^a,b,c,e   Lin, Shi Woei ^b   Laemmrich, Patrick ^d   Waller, Tonia ^e   Cheng, Arif ^b   Caldwell, Barrett ^f   Rankin, Rebecca ^d   Stitt, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^e 1530 Medical Sciences Center ^*  (United States)

^f SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Medical errors; Misadministrations; Patient safety; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRACHYTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; HAZARD; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0344826553     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)01622-5     Document Type: Article

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