Establishment of a national program for quality control of nuclear medicine instrumentation.
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.
Coca Perez
Marco A
MA
Center for Clinical Research, Habana, Cuba. mcoca@infomed.sld.cu
Torres Aroche
Leonel A
LA
Bejerano
Gladys López
GL
Mayor
Roberto Fraxedas
RF
Corona
Consuelo Varela
CV
López
Adlin
A
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*