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II.2. REVIEW PROCESS
All team members are to review the following Section 3 (in the main text)
items with respect to their own discipline:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Relevant policy and procedure documentation;
Compliance with policies and procedures;
Organizational chart, lines of authority, relevant quality manager(s), and
management commitment and support;
Relevant personnel issues, such as qualifications, employment, orientation,
training, professional supervision, continuing education, access to
publications/information and communication;
Relevant facility issues, such as equipment and available space, condition
of equipment and work areas, meeting of patient requirements, meeting of
general and radiation safety requirements, inventories and information
backup;
Handling of patient confidentiality, information, consent and feedback;
Adverse events recording and response.
The radiologist in the audit team is to address Section 4 items by reviewing:
request forms; scheduling; imaging examinations; patient verification; images;
viewing conditions; reports; contents and storage of patient files; report
communication; radiologist QA activities such as audit, multidisciplinary
meetings and attendance at conferences; nursing support; training and facilities
for contrast use, sedation, anaesthesia, monitoring and resuscitation; and
infection control and waste management.
The radiographer in the audit team is to address Section 4 and 5 items by
reviewing: imaging examinations; patient verification; examination techniques
and guidance charts; examination technique records; images and labelling; QC
procedures and records; radiographer QA/quality improvement activities, such as
image quality reviews; and CPD activities, such as attendance at meetings and
conferences.
The physicist in the audit team is to address Section 5 items by reviewing:
imaging examinations; technique guidance charts and technique records; image
quality; QC procedures and records; QA/QC checks of equipment; staff, patient
and public radiation protection; room radiation protection and safety; personnel
protective devices; patient dose audits; dosimetry data; and QA processes and
process.
The physicist in the audit team also carries out QA testing of some of the
diagnostic radiology systems, such as fluoroscopy, mammography, interventional
radiology and CT systems.
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