Current issues and actions in radiation protection of patients

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-19

  Holmberg, Ola ^a   Malone, Jim ^b   Rehani, Madan ^a   McLean, Donald ^c   Czarwinski, Renate ^c  

^a Division of Radiation Transport and Waste Safety   (Austria)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Incident reporting; Justification; Medical exposure; Quality audit; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; INCIDENT REPORTING; JUSTIFICATION; MEDICAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY AUDIT;

HEALTH RISKS; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOACTIVITY; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; X RAY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RISK; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957558750     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.06.033     Document Type: Article

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