Background/introduction
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that every year,
hundreds of millions of people in a healthcare setting benefit from the variety of imaging modalities and processes used for diagnostic,
interventional,
and therapeutic purposes [1].
As such,
medical imaging has become an extremely valuable tool across all fields of medicine.
However,
the long-term negative health outcomes of ionizing radiation exposure are not well understood.
There are many globally recognized strategies implemented to mitigate the potential risks of radiation exposure to patients undergoing medical imaging.
Specifically,...
Description of activity and work performed
The independent progress,
overall effectiveness,
and unique priorities of each global patient radiation safety initiative were evaluated using a strengths,
weaknesses,
opportunities,
and threats (SWOT) analytical approach.
A SWOT analysis evaluates the internal and external variables that pertain to high-level organization and planning within the public health sector [4].
For the SWOT analysis ,
peer reviewed academic literature and grey literature were included.
The Web of Science and PubMed databases were used to obtain academic literature,
while high quality grey literature was obtained from websites...
Conclusion and recommendations
Overall,
each global patient radiation safety initiative is unique in their priorities,
delivery,
and development; however,
they share key commonalities that have contributed to their independent success.
Each initiative aligns with the IAEA and WHOBonn Call-for-Action,
although the degree of alignment appears to be dependent on their establishment timeline.Additionally,
many initiatives share similar implementation strategies,
outlined by their priorities,
campaign objectives,
and internal structure including governance.
A similar weakness outlined by each initiative was the current lack of patient engagement,
in addition to a lack...
Personal/organisational information
This project was conducted in affiliation with Canada Safe Imaging,
MIIRCAM,
and McMaster Global Health Department.
References
World Health Organization.
(2014).Bonn Call for Action.
Retrieved from http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/medical_exposure/bonncallforaction2014.pdf
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P.,
Cannatà,
V.,
Genovese,
E.,
Magistrelli,
A.,
& Granata,
C.
(2017).
Radiation exposure in diagnostic imaging: Wisdom and prudence,
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Samei,
E.,
Järvinen,
H.,
Kortesniemi,
M.,
Simantirakis,
G.,
Goh,
C.,
Wallace,
A.,
...
& Vassileva,
J.
(2018).
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Nawaz,
R.,
Ali Khan,
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& Khan,
G.
S.
(2015).
Swot analysis...
