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. 2019 Apr 30;1(1):20180006. doi: 10.1259/bjro.20180006

Table 4. .

Breakdown of incidents by subcategory for 6 monthly periods between 2015 and 2017

Sub category Event reports per collection period No of event reports Incidence rate
Jan–Jun 15 Jul–Dec 15 Jan–Jun 16 Jul–Dec 16 Jan–Jun 17 Jul–Dec 17 % per exam(1,339,502) % per event report
Projectile 5 3 4 4 10 6 32 0.0024 4.75
Equipment labelling 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 0.00037 0.74
Unauthorised access 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 0.00030 0.6
Burn 2 0 2 2 2 2 10 0.00075 1.48
PNS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Noise complaint 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 0.00045 0.89
Unable to confirm safety 14 5 7 20 12 19 77 0.00570 11.4
Implant scanned outside of policy 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00015 0.3
Unexpected implant or foreign body 4 10 10 15 16 13 68 0.0051 10.1
Implant/device-related Issue 0 4 5 7 4 0 20 0.0015 2.97
Contraindicated referral 21 15 28 45 62 45 216 0.016 32
Faulty/damaged coils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Faulty oxygen monitor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quench 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.00015 0.3
Other 4 2 3 3 6 5 23 0.0017 3.41
Adverse contrast reaction 20 14 29 21 22 18 124 0.0093 18.4
Extravasation 5 12 5 7 7 17 53 0.0040 7.86
Other drug-related Issue 5 4 4 9 6 4 32 0.0024 4.75
Overall totals 83 73 100 138 149 131 674 0.05 100

PNS, peripheral nerve stimulation.

The bold rows relate to the top ranking incidents as discussed in the paper.