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Title: TU-C-201-03: The Use of Checklists and Audit Tools for Safety and QA

Abstract

Recent use of HDR has increased while planning has become more complex often necessitating 3D image-based planning. While many guidelines for the use of HDR exist, they have not kept pace with the increased complexity of 3D image-based planning. Furthermore, no comprehensive document exists to describe the wide variety of current HDR clinical indications. This educational session aims to summarize existing national and international guidelines for the safe implementation of an HDR program. A summary of HDR afterloaders available on the market and their existing applicators will be provided, with guidance on how to select the best fit for each institution’s needs. Finally, the use of checklists will be discussed as a means to implement a safe and efficient HDR program and as a method by which to verify the quality of an existing HDR program. This session will provide the perspective of expert HDR physicists as well as the perspective of a new HDR user. Learning Objectives: Summarize national and international safety and staffing guidelines for HDR implementation Discuss the process of afterloader and applicator selection for gynecologic, prostate, breast, interstitial, surface treatments Learn about the use of an audit checklist tool to measure of quality control of amore » new or existing HDR program Describe the evolving use of checklists within an HDR program.« less

Authors:
 [1]
  1. University of Michigan (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22565351
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Medical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 42; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: (c) 2015 American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-2405
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; IMAGES; IMPLEMENTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS; PLANNING; PROSTATE; QUALITY CONTROL; RECOMMENDATIONS; SAFETY; SURFACE TREATMENTS

Citation Formats

Prisciandaro, J. TU-C-201-03: The Use of Checklists and Audit Tools for Safety and QA. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1118/1.4925636.
Prisciandaro, J. TU-C-201-03: The Use of Checklists and Audit Tools for Safety and QA. United States. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4925636
Prisciandaro, J. 2015. "TU-C-201-03: The Use of Checklists and Audit Tools for Safety and QA". United States. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4925636.
@article{osti_22565351,
title = {TU-C-201-03: The Use of Checklists and Audit Tools for Safety and QA},
author = {Prisciandaro, J.},
abstractNote = {Recent use of HDR has increased while planning has become more complex often necessitating 3D image-based planning. While many guidelines for the use of HDR exist, they have not kept pace with the increased complexity of 3D image-based planning. Furthermore, no comprehensive document exists to describe the wide variety of current HDR clinical indications. This educational session aims to summarize existing national and international guidelines for the safe implementation of an HDR program. A summary of HDR afterloaders available on the market and their existing applicators will be provided, with guidance on how to select the best fit for each institution’s needs. Finally, the use of checklists will be discussed as a means to implement a safe and efficient HDR program and as a method by which to verify the quality of an existing HDR program. This session will provide the perspective of expert HDR physicists as well as the perspective of a new HDR user. Learning Objectives: Summarize national and international safety and staffing guidelines for HDR implementation Discuss the process of afterloader and applicator selection for gynecologic, prostate, breast, interstitial, surface treatments Learn about the use of an audit checklist tool to measure of quality control of a new or existing HDR program Describe the evolving use of checklists within an HDR program.},
doi = {10.1118/1.4925636},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22565351}, journal = {Medical Physics},
issn = {0094-2405},
number = 6,
volume = 42,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}