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As technology has evolved and access to medical imaging procedures has increased, it is hardly surprising that such procedures are now being offered to asymptomatic people for no other reason than that they can afford them. Whole body screening has enjoyed considerable growth in recent years. In this issue we investigate how this trend is not without its risks.
In a similar vein, Dr Noel Brewer examines the physical and physiological trauma, sometimes lasting for many years, that false positive test results can cause patients and the additional healthcare costs that may be incurred.
Nic Paton tackles the increasingly controversial issue of the growing use of computerised tomography, and W Michael Alberts and Laurie Fenton Ambrose offer their opposing views on the use of CT in lung cancer detection.
In this edition we look at the African healthcare system which is blighted by incidents of needlestick injury. Efforts are being made by all stakeholders to reduce and eventually eradicate this, as Ron Stoker and Laura Baker explain.
But such incidents are increasing in frequency according to official figures. Lorrie Kelly talks to Dr Fortune Ncube and Jane Perry to see how the sectors in North America and Europe are responding to this situation.
Meanwhile, the issue of hospital-acquired infections remains a hot topic. A leading team of infection specialists investigate the issue of MRSA and the dangers it poses within a facility, particularly ICU departments. Professor Didier Pittet of the University Hospital of Geneva draws attention to the impact of this issue on the developing world.