Safety culture to improve accidental event reporting in radiotherapy.

Francesco TramacereAngela SardaroStefano ArcangeliNicola MaggialettiCorinna AltiniDino RubiniGiuseppe RubiniMaurizio PortaluriArtor Niccoli Asabella

Published in: Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection (2021)

The complexity of the RT workflow is prone to errors, and this must be taken into account by encouraging a safety culture. The aim of this paper is to present the collected incidents and near misses and to show how organization and practice were modified by the acquired knowledge.

Keyphrases

healthcare
patient safety
adverse drug
primary care
early stage
radiation therapy
quality improvement
locally advanced
electronic health record
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation induced