Background/introduction
••Across the world,
a rallying appeal for health professionals to adhere to the principles of radiation protection and radiation safety has been launched (Bonn Call for Action,
2012).
This has led to the implementation of many successful awareness campaigns such as Image Gently or Image Wisely in the United States,
orEurosafein Europe,Canadasafe,Asiasafe,Japansafe,Afrosafe,
andLatinsafe.
•ARABSAFE was launched during the Pan Arab Association of Radiological Societies (PAARS) congress organized in Marrakech (Morocco) on 2017.The initiative to create ARABSAFE is an opportunity in continuity of the global approach...
Description of activity and work performed
•Promote the use ofimaging referral guidelines (adhering to Action 1of Bonn Call for acrion)
•Promotesaferpediatricimaging(adhering to Action 1)
•Establishdiagnosticreferencelevels (adheringto Action 2)
•Involve theindustryin setting the standards forsafetyandreducingexposureparameters (adheringto Action 3)
•Organise radiation protectiontraining course forhealthcare workers andmedical practionners topromotea radiationsafe culture (adhering to Action 4)
•Educatethegeneralpublic in theArabcountries aboutsafetyin diagnosticimaging
Active members:
Algeria,
Egypt,
Kuwait,
Lebanon,Morocco,Mauritania,
Jordan,
Palestine,Bahrain,Qatar,
UAE,
Saudi Arabia,
Tunisia,
Yemen are active members.Expected member:Oman (2019)Regionalspecifities:Algeria,
Egypt,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Tunisia are Arabic countrieslocated in AfricaArabsafeandAfrosfe have common vision and mnission as establishinga...
Conclusion and recommendations
•Arabsafewillcontinuecollaboratingwiththe WHO,
IAEA andotherinternational organisations toworkon a global plan formedicalimaging.•Theconvenerfunctionforeducationalmaterialswillbecontinuouslypursuedby theArabsafeto supportitsmemberinitiatives.•Also,thesecollaborationsaddweighttostatementsandactivitiesdeveloped.Inparticular,additionalcommunication andeducationactivitiesareplanned,e.g.
contributions to newsletters and social mediachannels.
A action plan for thenextthreeyearswillbediscussedandestablished during the next PAARS schedulled on 2019 (Algiers ,
Algeria).
Personal/organisational information
- Pan Arab Radiological Society (PAARS)
- Official board:
General secretary :Boudjema MANSOURI M.D ( Algeria)
Deputy secretary :Sarah HAGI (Saudi Arabia)
Member :Dina HUSSEINI SALAMA M.D (Egypt)
Member : Jamila SALEM ALSUWEIDI (UAE)