Quality initiatives: Establishing an interventional radiology patient radiation safety program

Radiographics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 277-287

  Steele, Joseph R ^a   Kyle Jones, A ^a   Ninan, Elizabeth P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TEXAS;

EID: 84855727262     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.321115002     Document Type: Review

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