Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2019
Keywords:
Quality assurance, Safety, Radiation safety, Mammography, CT, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, Action 8 - Radiation protection training and learning material, Action 2 - Clinical diagnostic reference levels (DRLs), Action 1 - Guidelines, implementation policies, and Clinical Decision Support (ESR iGuide)
Authors:
B. Mansouri, M. Kawooya, D. Husseiny Salama
DOI:
10.26044/esi2019/ESI-0018
Description of activity and work performed
Several chapter were launched:Kenya chapter(2015),Uganda chapter(2015),African french speaking countries chapter(2016,Algeria,
Benin,
Cameroun,
Cote d’Ivoire, Morocco,Maurit,ania, Senegal,Tunisia),Tanzania chapter (2017),SouthAfrica chapter(2018)Results:relatedcto the Bonn Call for ActionAction1 (justification , awarness): Application of the 3A,
especially "Awareness" Nationaland regional professional societies have promoted the prioritization of RP RP training sessions have featured in regional and national meetings CIG implementation has begun by adopting and adapting other updatable evidence- based guidelines with the support of IAEA (TC regionalproject) oAction 2 (optimisation )There have been individual and institutional initiatives in establishing facility and national DRL’sin several countries: South Africa,
Nigeria,
Kenya,
Uganda and Algeria. The studies in SouthAfrica and Nigeria aimed at establishing facility DRLs for computed tomography (CT) whereas the studies in Kenya,
Uganda and Algeria aim at establishing National DRLs for CT. •Action 4 (education and training)One of the biggest challenges is to acquire competencies in RP to lead the needed change to avoid the unncessary use of ionising radiationEfforts to train human ressources leading to an increase of 10 -20 % is still insufficientMedical physicists are not yet recognized as health professionals in several countriesAction 6 (availability of global information)A study in Ghana recorded a drop in the individual and collective dose over a nine-year period which they attributed to better RP practice. Another study in Algeria on dose at mammography showed that the dose by
patients was lower than the reference level of 3.0 mgy in over 80% of cases
and attributed this to CQ and frugal dose optimization.
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