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Article: USP Refutes American College of Radiology Response to Today's National Report on Medication Errors; Report Serves as ''Call to Action'' To Help Reduce -- And Ultimately Eliminate -- Medication Errors Before, During and After Radiological Procedures.
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- January 18, 2006
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ROCKVILLE, Md. -- In response to today's statement from the American College of Radiology (ACR) regarding the USP medication error report, Roger L. Williams, MD, executive vice president and CEO of USP, has issued the following statement:
"We are disappointed with the response from the American College of Radiology regarding the USP report issued today on medication errors in radiological services." (See USP press release dated January 18, 2006 at www.usp.org/aboutUSP/media/) "The ACR response is inaccurate and mischaracterizes the report and the five-year compilation of data behind it. USP stands by the validity of its report, which was reviewed by USP's Safe ...