A Study of Risk Factors Associated with High Doses of Ionizing Radiation Exposure from Diagnostic Computerized Tomographic Scans in Children Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant

Abstract

process of daily bathing using wipes, documentation, patient/family education, and ordering of discharge bath supplies. Outpatient staff required instruction in the process for protocol consent, skin swab collection, review of a daily bath diary, and a patient satisfaction survey. Findings & Interpretation: Evaluation of the protocol's implementation process included monitoring of 12 study inpatients. Evaluation included 4 criteria: correct selection of bath wipe, maintaining blinding, correct process for bath administration, and proper documentation. Of the 12 patients, 7 met all 4 evaluation criteria. Of the 5 who did not, education was provided on site. Discussion & Implications: A critical component of research and maintaining internal validity of a study is ongoing monitoring to determine if the protocol is being implemented correctly. We plan to continue our evaluation on an ongoing basis and provide education as needed. We also plan to add the outpatient evaluation component.