Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2019
Keywords:
Action 6 - Clinical audit tool for imaging, Management, Radiation physics, Digital radiography, Fluoroscopy, Ultrasound, Decision analysis, Education, Health policy and practice, Quality assurance
Authors:
C. Triantopoulou, V. Tsapaki, S. Triantopoulou, P. ANGELOGIANNOPOULOU, K. vitzilaios, P. Vlachou , M. Staikou, A. Kavvatha
DOI:
10.26044/esi2019/ESI-0020
Background/introduction
Historically,
accreditation has been a powerful tool to distinguish leading imaging departments.
In Greece the “Hellenic Accreditation System” is the authority recognized to accredit Medical Imaging departments according to the international standards ELOT EN ISO 15189:2012 and ELOT EN ISO / IEC 17025:2005,
regardless of the number of their staff members and / or the extent of imaging activities.
The requirements and criteria that apply to medical imaging laboratories so that to develop a quality management system,
to evaluate their technical competence and to confirm appropriateness of imaging services in order to be accredited are described in the presented document (ref.
1)
Our department was successfully accredited on 23rd September 2016 (ISO 17025) and on 31rst October 2018 (ISO 15189) being the first Radiology department in a Public Hospital.
On September 2018 our Hospital has received the certification of a Eurosafe Imaging five star medical unit,
an important distinction that was recognized by the ministry of Health.