The Medical journal of Australia
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Case Reports Clinical Trial
Topical timolol for a chronic ulcer--a case with its own control.
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Maladministrations in nuclear medicine: revelations from the Australian Radiation Incident Register.
To describe the incidence, type, causes and consequences of nuclear medicine maladministrations. ⋯ The ARIR provides unique insight into the type, causes and complications of maladministrations in Australia. Nearly all maladministrations occur in a diagnostic context, and the risk of patient harm appears low. Among active causes, radiopharmaceutical preparation and dispensation, and medical supervision before injection merit attention. The ARIR could be refined by attending to latent errors, addressing possible underreporting and securing more complete Medicare data.
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To estimate the cost of resources required to deliver a program to assess international medical graduates (IMGs) in Newcastle, Australia, known as the Workplace Based Assessment (WBA) Program. ⋯ The cost per candidate to the health system of this intensive WBA program for IMGs is small.