An Interdisciplinary Approach to Improving Radiation Protection in Digital Radiography.
Radiol Technol
; 88(1): 9-17, 2016 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-27601688
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To determine improvement approaches that can be routinely incorporated in digital radiography to ensure that radiation protection practices are based on current equipment capabilities.METHODS:
A literature review was conducted on digital radiography as it pertains to radiation protection, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and interdisciplinary approaches.RESULTS:
Transitioning from film-screen radiography to digital radiography has resulted in confusion in applying appropriate techniques and abiding by the as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) concept.DISCUSSION:
Clinically effective research should be continually reviewed and incorporated into practice as routine. Applying quality improvement approaches and implementing practice improvement projects will help facilities achieve radiation-based benchmarks to improve imaging practices.CONCLUSION:
Developing interdisciplinary quality improvement workgroups that include a variety of imaging stakeholders will allow for improvement in applying radiation protection research.Palavras-chave
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente
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Intensificação de Imagem Radiográfica
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Monitoramento de Radiação
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Exposição à Radiação
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Melhoria de Qualidade
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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Article