[Importance of an initial check-up for diagnostic radiology apparatus management].
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.
Ishida
Hideki
H
Department of Radiology, Showa University Hospital.
Take
Toshio
T
Okabe
Keigo
K
Saitoh
Hajime
H
Asanuma
Shinichi
S
Akiyama
Masayuki
M
Nakazawa
Yasuo
Y
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