Purpose Safe delivery of brachytherapy and establishing a safety culture are critical in high-
quality brachytherapy. The American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) Quality and Safety …

Purpose To describe the incidence and type of brachytherapy patient safety events over 10
years in an academic brachytherapy program. Methods and Materials Brachytherapy patient …

Purpose SAFRON, Saf ety in R adiation On cology, is a system developed by the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to improve safety and quality of care in …

Aims To provide an overview of the history of incidents in brachytherapy and to describe the
pillars in place to ensure that medical physicists deliver high-quality brachytherapy …

Purpose: Standard work (SW) has been first introduced to brachytherapy team in 2019. SW
is a powerful Lean tool which has been adopted by healthcare industry since 2013 with the …

The International Committee on Radiation Protection (ICRP) Publication 97,“Prevention of
High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Accidents,” states that as of 2004, there were over 500 …

Purpose To develop a brachytherapy audit checklist that could be used to prepare for
Nuclear Regulatory Commission or agreement state inspections, to aid in readiness for a …

Purpose We have systematically been incorporating several operational efficiency and
safety initiatives into our academic radiation oncology clinic. We herein quantify the impact …

Purpose High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy is a high-risk procedure with serious errors
reported in the medical literature. Our goal was to develop a quality improvement framework …

Purpose Periodic internal and external audits of radiotherapy programs are important
components of many quality assurance, safety, and continuous quality improvement …