title: Establishment of a national program for quality control of nuclear medicine instrumentation.
abstract: Monitoring the quality of instrumentation used in nuclear medicine is mandatory to guarantee the clinical efficacy of medical practice. A national program for the quality control of nuclear medicine instruments was established in Cuba and was certified and approved by the regulatory authorities. The program, which establishes official regulations and audit services, sets up educational activities, distributes technical documentation, and maintains a national phantom bank, constitutes a valuable and useful tool to guarantee the quality of nuclear medicine instrumentation.
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Research, Habana, Cuba. mcoca@infomed.sld.cu
authors.forename: Marco A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Coca Perez
authors.forename: Leonel A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Torres Aroche
authors.forename: Gladys López
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Bejerano
authors.forename: Roberto Fraxedas
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Mayor
authors.forename: Consuelo Varela
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Corona
authors.forename: Adlin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D003462:Cuba; D006078:Government Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*