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1. Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist. | PSNet
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   June 20, 2014 - Book/Report Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist … Citation Text: Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist. … therapy. … August 15, 2018 Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload contribute … October 19, 2012 Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses

2. New technologies in radiation therapy: ensuring patient safety, radiation safety and regulatory issues in radiation oncology. | PSNet
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   November 01, 2023 - Study New technologies in radiation therapy: ensuring patient safety, radiation safety … New technologies in radiation therapy: ensuring patient safety, radiation safety and regulatory issues … New technologies in radiation therapy: ensuring patient safety, radiation safety and regulatory issues … Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy … January 16, 2013 Unintended Exposure of Patient Lisa Norris During Radiotherapy Treatment

3. Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years. | PSNet
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   December 20, 2023 - Study Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years. … Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years. … Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years. … Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment with breast radiotherapy … therapy.

4. Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update. | PSNet
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   October 30, 2024 - Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper … Safety risks are present in oncology radiation therapy. … This recommendation builds on existing intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) standards to highlight … Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper … Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy

5. Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice. | PSNet
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   February 07, 2018 - Commentary Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice. … Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice. … Highlighting the prevalence and impact of errors in radiation therapy, this commentary recommends prevention … Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice. … June 15, 2016 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist.

6. Radiation Safety | PSNet
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   September 07, 2019 - There are also risks of adverse events such as radiation burns (more common in radiotherapy), which are … Approximately 40% of patients diagnosed with cancer receive radiation therapy at some point in their … Risks Associated With Radiotherapy The field of radiation oncology is technologically sophisticated, … Improving the safety of radiation therapy relies in part on similar principles, including enhancing safety … May 25, 2011 An international review of patient safety measures in radiotherapy practice.

7. The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation therapy. | PSNet
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   March 22, 2011 - therapy. … The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation therapy. … therapy systems. … The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation therapy. … June 27, 2011 Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes

8. Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service delivery in the COVID-19 era. | PSNet
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   November 11, 2020 - Commentary Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service … Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service delivery in the COVID‐19 era. … This article describes the delivery of radiation therapy services during the COVID-19 pandemic at one … Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service delivery in the COVID‐19 era.

9. Improving patient safety in radiation oncology. | PSNet
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   September 23, 2020 - radiation safety issues and describes recommendations developed at a conference to reduce errors in radiation … therapy . … August 10, 2011 Compliance to technical guidelines for radiotherapy treatment in relation … therapy. … December 22, 2010 Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes

10. Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload contribute to medical errors? | PSNet
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    April 07, 2021 - Study Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload contribute … Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload contribute to medical errors? … treatment . … Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload contribute to medical errors? … April 17, 2013 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist

11. Incident learning in radiation oncology: a review. | PSNet
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    October 14, 2020 - September 29, 2017 Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload … April 17, 2013 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist … May 30, 2012 Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents

12. How radiation oncologists would disclose errors: results of a survey of radiation oncologists and trainees. | PSNet
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    December 14, 2016 - Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy … Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment with breast radiotherapy … January 16, 2013 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist

13. Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System. | PSNet
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    April 22, 2020 - Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy … Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment with breast radiotherapy … January 17, 2017 Radiotherapy Incident Reporting and Analysis System. … October 19, 2012 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist

14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2023 - Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper … Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-safety-considerations-intensity-modulated-radiation-therapy-astro … - safety-white Safety risks are present in oncology radiation therapy. … This recommendation builds on existing intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) standards to highlight

15. Safety considerations for IMRT. | PSNet
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    March 17, 2021 - paper reveals expert opinion from the American Society of Radiation Oncology on intensity-modulated radiation … therapy (IMRT) and discusses concerns and recommendations for improving the safety of IMRT delivery. … Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update. … therapy. … February 10, 2010 Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes

16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    November 12, 2008 - New technologies in radiation therapy: ensuring patient safety, radiation safety and regulatory issues … New technologies in radiation therapy: ensuring patient safety, radiation safety and regulatory issues … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-technologies-radiation-therapy-ensuring-patient-safety-radiation-safety … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-technologies-radiation-therapy-ensuring-patient-safety-radiation-safety-and-regulatory … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-technologies-radiation-therapy-ensuring-patient-safety-radiation-safety-and-regulatory

17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 22, 2010 - The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation therapy. … The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation therapy. … in the design of radiation therapy systems. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-human-factors-methods-identify-and-mitigate-safety-issues-radiation-therapy … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-human-factors-methods-identify-and-mitigate-safety-issues-radiation-therapy

18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    July 22, 2020 - Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service delivery in the COVID-19 era. … Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service delivery in the COVID? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/planning-pandemic-mitigating-risk-radiation-therapy-service-delivery-covid … -19- era This article describes the delivery of radiation therapy services during the COVID-19 pandemic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/planning-pandemic-mitigating-risk-radiation-therapy-service-delivery-covid

19. Hidden danger, obvious opportunity: error and risk in the management of cancer. | PSNet
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    June 07, 2018 - therapy. … August 15, 2018 Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload contribute … March 4, 2015 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist. … May 30, 2012 Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents … September 30, 2011 Unintended Exposure of Patient Lisa Norris During Radiotherapy Treatment

20. Questions to ask about radiation safety. | PSNet
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    June 01, 2015 - Web site offers information to help patients understand both safety issues and risks involved in radiation … therapy. … Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment with breast radiotherapy