title: [Importance of an initial check-up for diagnostic radiology apparatus management].
abstract: The management of apparatus for diagnostic imaging is an important job for radiological technologists. In the last 10 years we have encountered 2227 malfunctions in 3652 days. We detected 163 cases at the initial check-up, which accounted for 7.3% of total cases. By performing an initial check-up, we detected one malfunction every 21 days and were able to keep the effects of mishaps to a minimum, prevent accidents, and obtain stable-quality images.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Showa University Hospital.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Take
authors.forename: Keigo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okabe
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asanuma
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004869:Equipment Safety / Q000379:methods*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008283:Maintenance; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011871:Radiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors