Background/introduction
At a meeting in the city of Bonn,
Germany,
in 2012,
10 priority actions were identified for the improvement of Radiation Protection in Medicine (RPM) and were endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
This resulted in a global endeavor known as Bonn calls for action [1].
Among the actions enounced,
the most directly linked to the culture of RPM were:
Action 6: Increase availability of improved global information on medical exposures and occupational exposures in medicine
Action...
Description of activity and work performed
Each year,
the Hospital attends 2,800,000 consultations,
manages 46,500 discharges and performs 52,000 surgical procedures in its 41 operating theaters.
It has a capacity of 785 beds,
of which 200 are for critical care,
and 800 beds of home medicine.
Its work team is made up of 9237 people: 3400 medical doctors,
3337 members of the health staff and 2,500 people from the administrative sectors.
As for the assistance it provides,
the Italian Hospital has more than 40 medical specialties,
a complete diagnostic and treatment...
Conclusion and recommendations
The first steps were taken to create a culture of radioprotection through educational actions,
audits and evaluations.
This plan is a long-term or ongoing activity implying change in uses and habits in the in the entire medical community.
Personal/organisational information
M.
Ulla: chief quality officer of the Imaging department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires,
coordinating activities of the audit team in the radiology department.
D.
A.
Dafouz: resident,
of the Imaging department of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
D.
E.
Andisco: medical physicist.
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
S.
A.
Blanco: medical physicist.
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires activities
R.
D.
García-Mónaco: Head of the Imaging Department,
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
References
1.-
https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/17/12/bonn-call-for-action.pdf.
2.-
http://www.eurosafeimaging.org/about/call-for-action
3.-http://www.irpa.net/members/IRPAGuiding%20Principles%20on%20RP%20Culture%20-2014%20.pdf