QAQC Flashcards
Two areas of activity designed to ensure the
best possible diagnosis at an acceptable
radiation dose & with minimum cost
Quality Assurance & Quality Control
Promotes “The Ten-Step Monitoring &
Evaluation Process”
o Purpose: to resolve identified patient
care problem
The Joint Commission (TJC)
It deals with ppl. Task of Radiologists. Involves image interpretation. Outcome analysis
Quality Assurance
Program of QA monitors:PRP
Proper patient scheduling
o Reception
o Preparation
It deals with instrumentation and equipment
Task of: medical physicist
More tangible & obvious than QA
Quality Control
designed to ensure that the
radiologist is provided with an optimal
image produced through good equipment
Program of QC:
It should be done to a new radiologic
equipment before it is applied clinically
Acceptance Testing
Necessary when periodic monitoring is not
performing as it was intended to perform
Maintenance or Repair
It makes repair unnecessary
Preventive Maintenance
Three Steps In An Acceptable QC Program
ARM
Acceptance testing
Routine performance monitoring
Maintenance
(CRCPD)
It guides the QC program of states
Council of Radiation Control Program Directors
It’s determined somewhat by the
characteristics of the image produced
Nature of a QC Program
The most important patient protection
characteristics of a radiographic imaging
system
Filtration
Minimum Total Filtration:
2.5 mm Al
Filtration measured by___
Frequency____
HVL
annually
