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>> we place drapes over the entire area to keep it sterile. mistakes can be made very rarely when you have draping that obscures the mark. >> in the u.s. seven patients every day suffer body part mix-ups. just before surgery make sure you confirm with the nurse and the surgeon the correct body part and side of your operation and don't be shy about doing it. at number 5 radical radiation. this isn't a bad haircut. it's the damage done by too much radiation. michael heuser goes in for a ct scan of his head. clumps of hair fall out. suzanne sloan, same thing. and same for donald biggles. >> i had...

Allowable dose. >> the well-publicized images we saw of patients who got ct scans of their brain who had hair loss in a very clear distribution, that was the area with a lot of repetitive imaging where the doses get up very high. basically, the hair cells got destroyed by the radiation. >> the fallout from that dangerously high amount of radiation wasn't just hair loss. donald, michael, and suzanne have to worry that all that radiation could give them cancer. if possible, instead of a ct scan get an ultrasound or an mri because they have no radiation at all. still ahead on my list, metal and a...

Doses get up very high. basically, the hair cells got destroyed by the radiation. >> the fallout from that dangerously high amount of radiation wasn't just hair loss. donald, michael, and suzanne have to worry that all that radiation could give them cancer. if possible, instead of a ct scan get an ultrasound or an mri because they have no radiation at all. still ahead on my list, metal and an mri are a bad combination. and an unbelievably long e.r. wait costs this toddler her limbs. the one call you can make to speed things up during an emergency. we've shown you flukes and blunders counting...

Every day suffer body part mix-ups. just before surgery make sure you confirm with the nurse and the surgeon the correct body part and side of your operation and don't be shy about doing it. at number 5 radical radiation. this isn't a bad haircut. it's the damage done by too much radiation. michael heuser goes in for a ct scan of his head. clumps of hair fall out. suzanne sloan, same thing. and same for donald biggles. >> i had a perfect ring around my head. >> here's how their hair falls out. the hospitals programmed the ct scanner wrong and repeatedly scanned these patients with monster dose...

Michael heuser goes in for a ct scan of his head. clumps of hair fall out. suzanne sloan, same thing. and same for donald biggles. >> i had a perfect ring around my head. >> here's how their hair falls out. the hospitals programmed the ct scanner wrong and repeatedly scanned these patients with monster doses of radiation. michael gets eight times the allowable dose. >> the well-publicized images we saw of patients who got ct scans of their brain who had hair loss in a very clear distribution, that was the area with a lot of repetitive imaging where the doses get up very high. basically, the ha...