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The following was received from Florida vi … The following was received from Florida via email:</br>On Tuesday March 15, 2016, a patient being treated for skin cancer on the right side of his mandible using a Valencia applicator was treated using the plan time from another patient who is being treated for the left leg also using a Valencia applicator. The short fall difference in time was 8.2 seconds, meaning that the patient treated for the right mandible was given 3.2% less radiation than what was correctly calculated for. </br> </br>As a plan of action, the patient as well as the attending physician will be notified of the occurrence, and a 'time-out' policy will be implemented for all HDR (high does rate brachytherapy) treatments to ensure that the correct patient, date of birth, patient number, plan number, date of the plan, and treatment location are being treated prior to the actual treatments. A policy will be formally drafted to this effect and placed into the departmental policy and procedures manual.</br> </br>(The prescribing physician) will decide whether or not to make up the short fall in the treatment dose after consultation with the patient.</br>Florida Incident # FL16-043</br>A Medical Event may indicate potential problems in a medical facility's use of radioactive materials. It does not necessarily result in harm to the patient.necessarily result in harm to the patient. +
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The following was received from Florida vi … The following was received from Florida via email:</br>On Tuesday March 15, 2016, a patient being treated for skin cancer on the right side of his mandible using a Valencia applicator was treated using the plan time from another patient who is being treated for the left leg also using a Valencia applicator. The short fall difference in time was 8.2 seconds, meaning that the patient treated for the right mandible was given 3.2% less radiation than what was correctly calculated for. </br> </br>As a plan of action, the patient as well as the attending physician will be notified of the occurrence, and a 'time-out' policy will be implemented for all HDR (high does rate brachytherapy) treatments to ensure that the correct patient, date of birth, patient number, plan number, date of the plan, and treatment location are being treated prior to the actual treatments. A policy will be formally drafted to this effect and placed into the departmental policy and procedures manual.</br> </br>(The prescribing physician) will decide whether or not to make up the short fall in the treatment dose after consultation with the patient.</br>Florida Incident # FL16-043</br>A Medical Event may indicate potential problems in a medical facility's use of radioactive materials. It does not necessarily result in harm to the patient.necessarily result in harm to the patient. +
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