2012
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-39842012000200005
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Melhoria da proteção radiológica mediante um ciclo de avaliação interna da qualidade

Abstract: Objective:To determine the level of quality in radiation protection of patients during radiological examination, evaluating the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at enhancing the quality of such a protection. Materials and Methods: A quality improvement cycle was implemented in a radiology service of the Regional Health Administration, in Algarve, Portugal. Based on six quality criteria, an initial evaluation was performed and followed by an intervention focused on the most problematic points (over an eig… Show more

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“…Some misconceptions occurred in the planning of the intervention because it was not effective to improve as needed. Therefore, the phases of the cycle started again by repeating the steps of implementation of interventions that contributed to not reaching the improvement in order to achieve the desired goal (16)(17) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Some misconceptions occurred in the planning of the intervention because it was not effective to improve as needed. Therefore, the phases of the cycle started again by repeating the steps of implementation of interventions that contributed to not reaching the improvement in order to achieve the desired goal (16)(17) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At first, several actions were grouped by affinity areas in an Affinity Diagram, in which actions were scored and implemented. Then, an action plan was conducted as presented in the Gantt Diagram (16) .…”
Section: Study Protocolmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…De forma a otimizar as doses que os pacientes (e profissionais) são expostos na radiologia geral, sugerese algumas medidas [11]:…”
Section: Raio-xunclassified
“…Nesse contexto, os ciclos de melhoria da qualidade podem ser utilizados para o alcance dos padrões de qualidade estabelecidos por meio das normas sanitárias. A literatura mostra que esse método de melhora da qualidade é válido e útil em diversos cenários nos serviços de saúde 10,11 , todavia o efeito de uma intervenção com essas características em serviços de hemoterapia ainda não foi propriamente explorado pela literatura.…”
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