Clinical audit importance and benefits are already well established in everyday medical practice Participation in clinical audit is also mandated within the EU-BSS (European Basic Safety Standard/2013/59/Euratom) In the fields of diagnostic and interventional radiology (cardiology), radiotherapy and nuclear medicine where ionizing procedures are utilized quality and safety challenges have been identified The European commission and other agencies have identified continuing difficulties in implementing clinical audit in high risk medical exposure practices The consortium is supported by a steering group and an advisory board with...

QuADRANT is a pan-European project on behalf of the European Commission, running over 30 months, it commenced in January 2020 Quality Improvement Through Audit in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Radiotherapy And Nuclear Medicine Including Therapies = QuADRANT[Fig 2] In response to the European Commission tender N0 ENER/D3/2019-231-2; "Constant improvement in quality and safety of radiology, radiotherapy and nuclear medicine through clinical audit". The European Society of Radiologist submitted a competitive tender application The project consortium is led by the European Society of Radiology (ESR) partnering...

The project will seek to evaluate current clinical audit practice and existing guidance across European member states QuADRANT will also aim to identify perceived barriers to audit participation and provide recommendation to improve uptake of good clinical audit practices to enhance patient experience and outcomes SPECIFIC QuDRANT OBJECTIVES Review the status of implementation of clinical audits in the member states Identify good practices in Member States available guidance and resources for clinical audits, national, European and international level Provide further guidance and recommendation on improving...

QuADRANT is an exciting new project on behalf of the European Commission with the ESR as the lead consortium partner It will provide an update on clinical audit practice across Europe aiming to improve patient outcomes in both everyday clinical practice and in the field of radiation protection.

Council Directive 97/43/Euratom of 30 June 1997 on health protection of individuals against the dangers of ionizing radiation in relation to medical exposure, and repeating Directive 84/466/Euratom. https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/aa7564fa-fd07-4872-943c-66df8f4f1099/language-en Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641 Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:013:0001:0073:EN:PDF European Commission (2009) European Commission guidelines on clinical audit for medical radiological practises (diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy). Radiation Protection No 159...

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