BookAndor W.J.M. Glaudemans, Jitze Medema, Annie K. van Zanten, Rudi A.J.O. Dierckx, editors ; C.T.B. (Kees) Ahaus, guest editor.
Summary: This comprehensive textbook provides a state of the art overview of the means by which quality in patient care is ensured within the field of nuclear medicine. Acknowledged experts in the field cover both management aspects, such as laws, standards, guidelines, patient safety, management instruments, and organisations, and specific issues, including radiation safety and equipment. Quality in Nuclear Medicine not only presents detailed information on the topics discussed but should also stimulate further discussion and offer an important tool to all professionals in the field of nuclear medicine and their stakeholders. Readers will find that the book provides a wealth of excellent guidance and reflects the pioneering role of nuclear medicine in advancing different aspects of quality within medicine.
Contents:
Part 1 Laws, standard and guidelines: From ISO to ISO HealthCare
Good Clinical Practice (GCP)-ICH and scientific integrity
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)/Farmacopee
Relation between different societies in relation to guidelines (Dutch Society of Nuclear Medicine, EANM, SNM)
KEW/Euratom (in Europe and internationally)
Wet op de dierproeven (internationally)
International laws (e.g. Registration laws of clinicians, farmacists etc)
Privacy laws
Contract research and investigator driven research
Part 2 Radiation safety: Environment
Personnel and public people
Patients
Waste management/Decommissioning of the cyclotron
Terroristic threats
Part 3: Equipment: Medical devices
PET/CT and image quality
PET/MRI
Micro SPECT/PET
Standardization
Service quality, periodic measurements
Annotations
Data management/ computer aided diagnostics/Expert systems
Part 4: Management instruments : EFQM
VMS
HTA/HFMEA/Risk management systems
Quality controls of cameras
Quality aspects in daily management in nuclear medicine
No shows with particular emphasis on nuclear medicine
Part 5: Organisations: Medical Ethical Committees and nuclear medicine
Animal Ethical Committees and nuclear medicine
Quality visits
the Dutch example (Dutch Society of Nuclear Medicine)
Quality visits
the EANM example
Quality visits
the SNM example
IAEA
training
School for Nuclear Medicine
teaching.