دورية أكاديمية
An Africa point of view on quality and safety in imaging.
| العنوان: | An Africa point of view on quality and safety in imaging. |
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| المؤلفون: | Kawooya MG; Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research and Education Institute, Kampala, Uganda. kawooya.michael@ecurei.ac.ug., Kisembo HN; Department of Radiology, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda., Remedios D; Department of Clinical Radiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, HA1 3UJ, UK., Malumba R; Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research and Education Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Del Rosario Perez M; Division of Healthier Population (HEP), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland., Ige T; Department of Medical Physics, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria., Hasford F; Medical Physics Department, School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Brown JK; University of Bristol, Musgrove Park Hospital, Park Lane, Taunton, UK., Lette MM; International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Australia., Mansouri B; Faculty of Medicine of Algiers (Algeria), University Hospital of Bab El Oued, Bab El Oued, Algeria., Salama DH; Radiology and Medical Imaging Technology Department, Misr University for Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt., Peer F; Society of Radiographers of South Africa, Pinelands, South Africa., Nyabanda R; Diagnostic Services and Health Information, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. |
| المصدر: | Insights into imaging [Insights Imaging] 2022 Mar 26; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 58. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 26. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Springer Country of Publication: Germany NLM ID: 101532453 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1869-4101 (Print) Linking ISSN: 18694101 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Insights Imaging Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Berlin : Springer |
| مستخلص: | Africa has seen an upsurge in diagnostic imaging utilization, with benefits of efficient and accurate diagnosis, but these could easily be offset by undesirable effects attributed to unjustified, unoptimized imaging and poor quality examinations. This paper aims to present Africa's position regarding quality and safety in imaging, give reasons for the rising interest in quality and safety, define quality and safety from an African context, list drivers for quality and safety in Africa, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on quality and safety, and review Africa's progress using the Bonn Call for Action framework while proposing a way forward for imaging quality and safety in Africa. In spite of a healthcare setting characterized by meagre financial, human and technology resources, a rapidly widening disease-burden spectrum, growing proportion of non-communicable diseases and resurgence of tropical and global infections, Africa has over the last ten years made significant strides in quality and safety for imaging. These include raising radiation-safety awareness, interest and application of evidence-based radiation safety recommendations and guidance tools, establishing facility and national diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) and strengthening end-user education and training. Major challenges are: limited human resource, low prioritization of imaging in relation to other health services, low level of integration of imaging into the entire health service delivery, insufficient awareness for radiation safety awareness, a radiation safety culture which is emerging, insufficient facilities and opportunities for education and training. Solutions to these challenges should target the entire hierarchy of health service delivery from prioritization, policy, planning, processes to procedures. (© 2022. The Author(s).) |
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| معلومات مُعتمدة: | 001 International WHO_ World Health Organization |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Medical imaging; Medical imaging education; Quality and safety; Radiation safety; Radiology |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20220329 Latest Revision: 20220413 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240628 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC8959275 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13244-022-01203-w |
| PMID: | 35347470 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/s13244-022-01203-w |