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Millions of Americans get nuclear scans for cancer, heart problems, and brain diseases every year.
Right now, health care providers aren’t required to report errors called extravasations, which is when a radioactive drug is accidentally injected into healthy arm tissue instead of a vein prior to a nuclear scan. Large extravasations meet medical event reporting criteria but are incorrectly exempted. There are no federal rules that require hospitals and clinics to report them, not even to the patient. |
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Pam was extravasated during a nuclear medicine scan. This could happen to you.
Pam Kohl is a metastatic breast cancer patient whose length of life depends on the accuracy of her nuclear scans. During a recent scan, she was extravasated. “I felt something burn,” she says. “I really felt something wasn’t right.” Watch Pam's story and get involved |
Patients for Safer Nuclear Medicine is a coalition of non-profit organizations demanding that patients get the information they need about radiopharmaceutical extravasations, so their diseases are accurately diagnosed and treated. Members do not receive any financial compensation for their advocacy efforts or for their membership in the coalition.