FDA Recommends CT Scanner Changes To Prevent Radiation Overdoses

Article preview from "The Gray Sheet" - November 10, 2010

FDA wants makers of computed tomography scanners to revamp user information materials and training programs and tweak some software/hardware components to reduce the chance of radiation overdoses to patients.

FDA Recommends CT Scanner Changes To Prevent Radiation Overdoses

Article preview from "The Gray Sheet" - November 10, 2010

FDA wants makers of computed tomography scanners to revamp user information materials and training programs and tweak some software/hardware components to reduce the chance of radiation overdoses to patients.

FDA's suggestions were announced Nov. 9 in tandem with ¹ findings from a year-long investigation into hundreds of cases of radiation overexposure from CT imaging scans at facilities in California.

The agency determined that scanners made by GE Healthcare and Toshiba in the late-2009 incidents were not at fault, but that there is room for improvement.

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