Complaints Involving Sonographers: What Three Decades of Cases From A Public New Zealand Database Can Teach Us

Complaints involving sonographers in New Zealand are rare, totalling 15 in the last 31 years and averaging 1.5 per cases per year over the last decade. In clinical settings where radiologists are reporting on the work performed by the sonographer, both the radiologist and the sonographer share collective responsibility for the content of the report.