• Semin Nucl Med · May 2013

    Quality management in nuclear medicine for better patient care: the IAEA program.

    • Maurizio Dondi, Ravi Kashyap, Thomas Pascual, Diana Paez, and Rodolfo Nunez-Miller.
    • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Wagramer Strasse 5, Vienna, Austria.
    • Semin Nucl Med. 2013 May 1; 43 (3): 167-71.

    AbstractThe International Atomic Energy Agency promotes the practice of nuclear medicine among its Member States with a focus on quality and safety. It considers quality culture as a part of the educational process and as a tool to reduce heterogeneity in the practice of nuclear medicine, and in turn, patient care. Sensitization about quality is incorporated in all its delivery mechanisms. The Agency has developed a structured peer-review process called quality management (QM) audits in nuclear medicine practices to help nuclear medicine facilities improve their quality through this voluntary comprehensive audit process. The process is multidisciplinary, covering all aspects of nuclear medicine practice with a focus on the patient. It complements other QM and accreditation approaches developed by professional societies or accreditation agencies. The Agency is committed to propagate its utility and assist in the implementation process. Similar auditing programs for practice in diagnostic radiology and radiotherapy, called QUADRIL and QUATRO, respectively, are also in place. Necessary amendments in the auditing process and content are incorporated based on technological and practice changes with time. The reader will become familiar with the approach of the Agency on QM in nuclear medicine and its implementation process to improve patient care.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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