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Clinical Radiology

Volume 56, Issue 12, December 2001, Pages 938-946

Clinical Radiology

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Abstract

Literature review indicates high levels of error within radiology. The aetiology of radiological error is multi-factorial. While individuals have a duty to progressively improve their performance, the experience of safety cultures in other high-risk human activities has shown that a system approach of root cause analysis is the method required to reduce error significantly. FitzGerald, R. (2001). Clinical Radiology56, 938–946.

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^f1: Author for correspondence: R. FitzGerald, Department of Radiology, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton WV10 OQP, U.K. Fax: +44(0)1902 644820.

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