Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2019
Keywords:
Action 4 - Dose management systems, Action 9 - Facilitation of research in advanced topics of radiation protection, Action 12 - Information for and communication with patients, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, Radiation physics, CT, Plain radiographic studies, Fluoroscopy, Radiation safety, Technology assessment, Dosimetric comparison, Education and training
Authors:
V. Tsapaki, C. Triantopoulou, S. Triantopoulou, D. Fagrezos, N. Lama, P. Maniatis
DOI:
10.26044/esi2019/ESI-0066
Conclusion and recommendations
The routine use of DMS facilitated quick and extensive analysis for enormous amount of data,
which was not possible previously.
Collection and analysis before DMS was still possible of course but due to manual cumbersome work,
this would include a small number of patients with limited data per patient.
This had to be done by the radiographer or the medical physicist,
both of them routinely engaged with routine work in the radiology department.
The DMS offered a user-friendly interface and its tools proved very helpful also to track unexpected variations from routine procedures.
They facilitated the evaluation of general practice of the department and revealed the habits of radiographers so that corrective actions could be done for the benefit of the patient.
Furthermore,
the immediate estimation of Effective dose and/or organ doses proved to be a valuable tool in this process.
A task that took weeks or months for our team to fulfil,
was quickly done using the dose tracking system,
having all information in one place.
It allowed to take a deep dive into the patient data for optimization of safety,
quality,
training and practice of the department.