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21. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41442/psn-pdf
    May 30, 2012 - Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/radiation-therapy-safety-critical-role-radiation-therapist Summarizing … training, skills assessment, workplace culture, and workplace staffing to address safety concerns in radiation … therapy. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/radiation-therapy-safety-critical-role-radiation-therapist https://psnet.ahrq.gov

22. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39786/psn-pdf
    August 25, 2010 - Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years. … Trend analysis of radiation therapy incidents over seven years. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trend-analysis-radiation-therapy-incidents-over-seven-years Analysis of … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trend-analysis-radiation-therapy-incidents-over-seven-years https://psnet.ahrq.gov

23. Evaluation of safety in a radiation oncology setting using failure mode and effects analysis. | PSNet
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    January 22, 2017 - Failure mode and effects analysis was used to prospectively analyze an external beam radiation therapy … 1, 2011 The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation … therapy. … August 3, 2010 Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes … September 9, 2009 New technologies in radiation therapy: ensuring patient safety, radiation

24. Quality Special Issue. | PSNet
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    April 13, 2022 - December 4, 2016 Human factors and systems engineering approach to patient safety for radiotherapy … Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment with breast radiotherapy … November 11, 2015 Accident prevention in day-to-day clinical radiation therapy practice … December 5, 2012 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist … May 30, 2012 Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents

25. Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy. | PSNet
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    September 15, 2021 - Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy. … Radiotherapy errors can be significant and sometimes fatal . … Related Resources Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation … Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update. … October 19, 2012 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist

26. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    September 07, 2019 - There are also risks of adverse events such as radiation burns (more common in radiotherapy), which … 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, … A review of 30 years of published data on safety in radiotherapy found that the overall incidence of … Improving the safety of radiation therapy relies in part on similar principles, including enhancing safety

27. Impact of technological and departmental changes on incident rates in radiation oncology over a seventeen-year period. | PSNet
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    February 16, 2022 - February 16, 2022 Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service … May 31, 2023 Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy … Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy

28. Compliance to technical guidelines for radiotherapy treatment in relation to patient safety. | PSNet
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    December 10, 2014 - the heels of a widely publicized article on safety problems in radiation oncology, this study of radiation … treatment sessions at a Dutch center found that only 59% of safety measures were carried out as recommended … An extensive evaluation of safety culture in a radiotherapy institute. … 10, 2011 The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation … therapy.

29. The future of safety and quality in radiation oncology. | PSNet
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    May 17, 2023 - Resources From the Same Author(s) Quality and Safety Considerations in Intensity Modulated Radiation … Therapy: An ASTRO Safety White Paper Update.

30. Radiation offers new cures, and ways to do harm. | PSNet
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    January 20, 2010 - radiation, this news feature investigates patient deaths and injuries following mistakes related to radiation … treatment. … The journalists discuss the number of radiation therapy errors in New York and reveal that state law

31. Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents and errors. | PSNet
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    July 10, 2017 - Commentary Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, … Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents and errors. … Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents and errors. … August 15, 2018 Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload contribute … April 17, 2013 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist

32. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40298/psn-pdf
    May 13, 2019 - radiation safety issues and describes recommendations developed at a conference to reduce errors in radiation … therapy.

33. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836863/psn-pdf
    April 06, 2022 - radiation-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/radiation-risks-diagnostic-imaging https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/radiation-therapy-safety-critical-role-radiation-therapist

34. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38758/psn-pdf
    July 08, 2009 - An international review of patient safety measures in radiotherapy practice. … An international review of patient safety measures in radiotherapy practice. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/international-review-patient-safety-measures-radiotherapy-practice Radiation … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/international-review-patient-safety-measures-radiotherapy-practice https … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-technologies-radiation-therapy-ensuring-patient-safety-radiation-safety-and-regulatory

35. Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes. | PSNet
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    May 01, 2003 - Study Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes. … Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes. … Unintended exposure in radiotherapy: identification of prominent causes. … 27, 2011 The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation … therapy.

36. Society of Interventional Radiology IR Pre-Procedure Patient Safety Checklist by the Safety and Health Committee. | PSNet
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    July 13, 2010 - December 14, 2016 Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload contribute … July 31, 2012 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist. … May 30, 2012 Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents

37. A checklist to improve patient safety in interventional radiology. | PSNet
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    September 20, 2011 - December 14, 2016 Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload contribute … June 15, 2016 Radiation Therapy Safety: The Critical Role of the Radiation Therapist. … May 30, 2012 Improving patient safety in radiotherapy by learning from near misses, incidents

38. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44257/psn-pdf
    November 06, 2015 - issue/systems-approach-evaluating-ionizing-radiation-six-focus-areas-improve- quality-efficiency-and Radiation … therapy has been described as an emerging patient safety issue due to harm associated with its use.

39. Patient safety and satisfaction with fully remote management of radiation oncology care. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - study describes patient safety, patient satisfaction, and financial savings for patients receiving radiation … therapy who attended weekly management visits with their physician via telehealth instead of in-person … November 11, 2020 Planning for a pandemic: mitigating risk to radiation therapy service

40. Prevention of a wrong-location misadministration through the use of an intradepartmental incident learning system. | PSNet
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    January 22, 2017 - Analysis of voluntarily reported errors in radiation therapy treatments resulted in systematic changes … Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy … Identifying patients whose symptoms are underrecognized during treatment with breast radiotherapy