Safety Issues in Pediatric Imaging
Definition of Safety: Safety involves the processes and strategies to avoid or minimize unnecessary risk to the patient. "First, do no harm."
American College of Radiology page on safety and quality:
http://acr.org/SecondaryMainMenuCategories/quality_safety/RadSafety.aspx
http://acr.org/SecondaryMainMenuCategories/quality_safety.aspx
http://acr.org/secondarymainmenucategories/quality_safety/contrast_manual.aspx (long document regarding intravenous contrast safety including how to treat allergic reactions, contrast extravasation, and contrast induced nephropathy)
http://www.acr.org/SecondaryMainMenuCategories/quality_safety/MRSafety/recommendations_gadolinium-based.aspx (ACR screening recommendations on gadolinium based MR contrast agents and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis)
National Quality Forum:
2009 Safe Practices Consensus Report
Fast Facts
ACGME:
Resident duty hours limits
Joint Commission:
Time Out Policy
Patient Safety Goals
Radiation Safety
Image Gently web site
National Cancer Institute: Radiation Risks and Pediatric Computed Tomography (CT): A Guide for Health Care Providers
Health Physics Society
MRI safety
http://www.mrisafety.com (resources to keep patients safe in the MRI environment, including a list of implantable devices, implants and other objects and their relative safety in an MRI scanner at different field strengths)
ALARA Meeting Journal References
The ALARA Concept in Pediatric Imaging: Oncology, volume 39, supplement 1, February 2009
The ALARA Concept in Pediatric Imaging: Building Bridges Between Radiology and Emergency Medicine, volume 38, supplement 4, November 2008
The ALARA Concept in Pediatric Interventional and Fluoroscopic Imaging, volume 36, supplement 2, September 2006
The ALARA Concept in Pediatric CR/DR - Dose Reduction in Pediatric Radiographic Exams, volume 34, supplement 3, October 2004
The ALARA Concept in Pediatric CT - Intelligent Dose Reduction, volume 32, number 4, April 2002
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