Background: The biological effects of radiation on radiology personnel are divided into two groups of deterministic effects and stochastic effects. Due to the effects of radiation on health, radiology staff may be afraid of radiation. Younger personnel with little work experience, compared with older personnel, have higher level of fear. The fear among radiology personnel, like employees of var...

Gadopentetate dimeglumine (gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid [DTPA]) was prospectively administered to 15 consecutive neonates and young infants (less than 6 weeks old) referred for routine cranial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The goals of the study were (a) to provide preliminary safety and efficacy data concerning the use of this drug in neonates and (b) to determine whether t...

Medicine is a “knowledge-intensive service environment” that requires not only a great deal of knowledge, training and experience, but also focus and concentration for optimal performance, with interruptions in workflow having the potential to contribute to errors [1]. The effects of these interruptions have been linked to errors in both the laboratory [2,3] and clinical settings [4-13], howeve...