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A QA committee should be established to provide periodic review and
evaluation of the facility’s QA programme. The committee should consist of
physicians, radiographers, medical physicists, nurses, and administrative and
other staff, as appropriate. Quality assurance of technical procedures is described
in Section 5.1.
The quality management system should be documented, preferably in a
quality manual.
The scope of responsibilities of the quality manager(s) should be defined
and should include maintenance of the quality manual and associated
documentation, and identification of persons responsible for practical
implementation of QA and quality control (QC).
The quality manual and the policy and procedure manuals should be
realistic and they should be regularly reviewed for relevance to existing practices.
Records should be kept of the results of the reviews.
The results of QA activities should be assessed. Results that do not meet
tolerance levels should lead to appropriate and timely remedial actions, and all
such actions should be recorded. A QA committee should review the QA results,
as appropriate.
Internal and external audits to assess the quality of practices should be
regularly organized, and quality improvement activities implemented in response.
A planned audit programme should be in place.
3.1.3. Structure of the diagnostic radiology facility
3.1.3.1. Personnel
The personnel of a radiology facility form a multidisciplinary team that
typically includes: radiological medical practitioners 3 , radiographers, technical
assistants, sonographers, nurses, medical physicists, service engineers,
information technology (IT) specialists and administrative staff. The facility
staffing levels and the professional competence of the staff should be sufficient to
provide safe imaging examinations of good quality, and to meet the specified
objectives of the institution for radiological services. Facilities should implement
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A radiological medical practitioner is an individual who: (a) has been accredited
through appropriate national procedures as a health professional; (b) fulfils the national
requirements on training and experience for performing or overseeing procedures involving
medical exposure; (c) is entitled in accordance with the relevant authorization to perform or
oversee procedures involving medical exposures.
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