A technologist who has completed a procedure on a patient leaves the area grumbling,"I hate to do AIDS patients because I am afraid of catching the disease." A member of the housekeeping staff hears the technologist and asks who the AIDS patient is so he can pass the information along to his coworkers for safety reasons.The technologist responds by giving the patient's name and room number.This act constitutes a(n)

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Of the values associated with radiologic practice,patient confidentiality is the most easily identified and the most prevalent.Information obtained directly from the patient,observed,or obtained from other sources should be kept strictly confidential.Any compromise to patient confidentiality is viewed as an ethical violation.

A Technologist Who Has Completed a Procedure on a Patient