Audit of nuclear medicine scientific and technical standards.

Abstract:

:The British Nuclear Medicine Society has developed a process for the service-specific organizational audit of nuclear medicine departments. This process identified the need for a scheme suitable for the audit of the scientific and technical standards of a department providing such a service. This document has evolved following audit visits of a number of UK departments. It is intended to be used as a written document to facilitate the audit procedure and may be used for both external and self-audit purposes. Scientific and technical standards have been derived from a number of sources, including regulatory documents, notes for guidance and peer-reviewed publications. The audit scheme is presented as a series of questions with responses graded according to legal and safety obligations (A), good practice (B) and desirable aspects of service delivery (C). This document should be regarded as part of an audit framework and should be kept under review as the process evolves to meet the future demands of this high-technology-based clinical service.

journal_name

Nucl Med Commun

authors

Jarritt PH,Perkins AC,Woods SD,British Nuclear Medicine Society.

doi

10.1097/01.mnm.0000135041.46837.ca

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-08-01 00:00:00

pages

771-5

issue

8

eissn

0143-3636

issn

1473-5628

pii

00006231-200408000-00003

journal_volume

25

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