Patient Safety in the Imaging Department: A Practical Review

Patient Safety in the Imaging Department gives the radiologic technologist a working review of the safety responsibilities that belong to the imaging room itself. The course covers patient identification and the situations in which it fails, evaluating an order against the patient it describes, structured handoff communication in both directions, fall prevention on imaging equipment, safe transfers and body mechanics, the management of intravenous lines, drainage tubes, and oxygen during examinations, standard and transmission-based precautions, disinfection of imaging equipment under the Spaulding classification, recognition of early clinical deterioration, and error and near-miss reporting within a just culture.

Approvals & Acceptance

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  ASRT Approved, Category A

  Accepted by the ARRT^® toward your CE requirement
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  ARDMS Accepted

  Counts for ARDMS credential holders
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  NMTCB Accepted

  Counts for NMTCB credential holders
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  California

  Accepted for CRTs, XTs, Supervisors and Operators
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  Florida

  Approved for Technical Category A for Florida technologists
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  Texas: Directly Related

  Counts toward the directly related hours Texas MRTs need (at least 12 of 24)
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  We Report for You: Florida, Texas, Kansas and New Hampshire

  Completions are reported in the first week of each month for the previous month: Florida directly to the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control; Texas, Kansas and New Hampshire to CE Broker. Your state license number must be entered in your dashboard for us to report your credits.
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  All other states

  Accepted

Applicable Disciplines

Learning Objectives

• 1Verify patient identity with two identifiers and evaluate an order against the patient it describes
• 2Use structured handoff communication when receiving and returning a patient
• 3Prevent falls on imaging equipment and perform safe transfers using sound body mechanics
• 4Manage intravenous lines, drainage tubes, and oxygen during imaging examinations
• 5Apply standard and transmission-based precautions and disinfect imaging equipment under the Spaulding classification
• 6Recognize early clinical deterioration and report errors and near misses within a just culture

Course Outline

• •Patient Identification and How It Fails
• •Evaluating the Order Against the Patient
• •Structured Handoff Communication
• •Fall Prevention on Imaging Equipment
• •Safe Transfers and Body Mechanics
• •Intravenous Lines, Drainage Tubes, and Oxygen
• •Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions
• •Equipment Disinfection and the Spaulding Classification
• •Recognizing Early Clinical Deterioration
• •Error and Near-Miss Reporting in a Just Culture