Society of Interventional Radiology IR Pre-Procedure Patient Safety Checklist by the Safety and Health Committee

Society of Interventional Radiology position statement on radiation safety.

THE use of radiation in diagnosing and treating patients has significantly advanced the field of medicine and saved or extended countless lives. We continue to find new, more sophisticated applications and refine and improve standard treatments to the benefit of patients. The use of radiation, however, is not without risk. As interventional radiologists who use this technology in our daily prac...

Designing and evaluating the effectiveness of a pre-induction checklist on improving the clinical performance of the anesthesia teams in terms of patient safety quality

Background: Exchanging and sharing information within the anesthesia team is very important to maintain patient safety and requires close coordination and cooperation between team members. The aim of this study was to introduce and present a checklist before induction of anesthesia and to evaluate its effect on improving the clinical performance of the anesthesia team and the quality of patient...

Raising the safety bar: The hematology/oncology patient safety committee.

144 Background: Enhancing patient safety can prevent unintended outcomes arising from defects in healthcare delivery systems. The Hematology/Oncology Patient Safety Committee (HOPSC) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers that meets monthly to review inpatient and outpatient adverse events, near misses, and medical errors that impact ...

Patient safety in interventional radiological procedures: safety checklists and protocols.

The IR RadLex project: an interventional radiology lexicon--a collaborative project of the Radiological Society of North America and the Society of Interventional Radiology.

The Vein Institute of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (S.K.); Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (M.I., C.P.L.); Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia (M.I.); Department of Radiology, Gei-singer Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania (J.F.C.); Department of Radiology, Gastrointestinal/Genitourinary Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, B...