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what 4 things must you check when patient arrives? what shows their identity? - Answer-wrist band, DOB, SSN, and/or middle name do all studies have to have written orders from MD? - Answer-YES what is done to ensure the proper radio phamaceutical is selected? - Answer-color coding on the vial...

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Radiation Safety Exam 5 3007 Questions
and Answers
what 4 things must you check when patient arrives? what shows their identity? -
Answer-wrist band, DOB, SSN, and/or middle name

do all studies have to have written orders from MD? - Answer-YES

what is done to ensure the proper radio phamaceutical is selected? - Answer-color
coding on the vial, check label

what must be done before administration? - Answer-the dose MUST be reviewed and
compared with the recommended amount, and the syringe must be properly labeled if
coming from a radio pharm-or re-assayed

this must be documented if it happens - Answer-if an error is made in dosing a patient,
an incident

by federal law, all __________ doses must be within___________ of the prescribed
dose - Answer-diagnostic
20%

many agreement states still require that all doses must be within ________ of the
prescribed dose - Answer-10%

If a tech wishes to administer a dose higher than prescribed, the tech must
receive_____________ from the prescribing MD - Answer-written consent

what are the 5 rights? - Answer-the *right* dose
the *right* medication
the *right* patient
the *right* time
the *right* route

what are 2 factors for a medical event? - Answer-error and excessive exposure

does a medical event necessarily result in harm to the pt? - Answer-does not

T/F: medical events are extremely unlikely to occur as a result of any diagnostic nuclear
medicine procedure (not therapeutic) - Answer-true

if both criteria of the essay are not met, then the incident is referred to as a __________
or ____________ - Answer-recordable event or error and excess exposure
eg. giving pt another pts dose

, records of pt dose measurements must be retained for _______ - Answer-3 years

the licensee shall submit a written report to the appropriate NRC office within
____________ after discovery of the medical event - Answer-15 days

the written report must contain these 8 things..... - Answer--the licensee's name
-name of the prescribing physician
-brief description of the event
-why the event occurred
-the effect on the individual who received the administration
-what actions have been taken to prevent recurrence
-certification that the licensee notified the referring physician and the individual, subject
the medical event no later than 24 hours after the discovery
-the referring physician may decide that telling the individual may be harmful

records of patient dose measurements must be retained for :
a.3 years
b. 6 years
c. 9 years
d. forever - Answer-a. 3 years

a patient receives a unit dose of Tc-99m MDP intended for another patient. which of the
following statements about the situation is TRUE?
a. since the pt received only a unit dose of Tc-99m MDP, no report to the physician is
required
b. according to the NRC, this situation describes a recordable event that requires only
departmental record of the event
c. this situation describes a medical event that needs to be reported only to the nuc med
supervisor
d. this situation describes a radiopharmaceutical medical event requiring notification of
the NRC - Answer-b. according to the NRC, this situation describes a recordable event
that requires only departmental record of the event

a pt receives a unit dose of Sr-89 chloride intended for another pt. which of the following
statements is TRUE?
a. since the pt received only a unit dose of Sr-89, no report to the NRC is required
b. according to the NRC, this situation describes a recordable event that requires only
departmental record of the event
c. this situation describes a medical event that needs to be reported only to the nuc med
supervisor
d. this situation describes a radiopharm medical event requiring notification of the NRC -
Answer-d.

T/F: it is up to the tech and radiologist to inform the pt that they were subject to the
medical event - Answer-false, the MD tells them only if they want to

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