
Episode 121: Therac-25
Well There‘s Your Problem
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Is This a Violent Warrant?
Previous version of device had mechanical interlocks. One thing that people did note, which will be relevant later, is that the previous version did have a tendency to sort of blow fuses and things. There's certainly not the FDA because it wasn't a manufacturer report. Third incident was at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Washington. They were concerned this pattern matched the blocking trays but they couldn't match it. After so much radiation,. they become a radiation hazard, so they have to throw the trays away. That's what I know. It's going to come from there.
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