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Title: Radiation%20Safety%20Culture%20in%20Health%20Care:%20Canadian%20Perspective


1
Radiation Safety Culture in Health Care
Canadian Perspective
  • Dave Wilkins, PhD, FCCPM
  • Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists
  • Ottawa, Canada

2
Regulatory Landscape for Radiation in Medical
Sector in Canada
  • Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)
    regulates the use of radioactive material across
    Canada
  • In medical sector, CNSC regulates nuc med,
    brachytherapy, linacs above 10 MV, not X-Ray
  • CNSC mandate is limited to staff, public,
    environment not patients
  • X-Ray safety is regulated provincially large
    variation between provinces, some very poor

3
Staff dose is a solved problem
4
Patient Safety/Quality
  • Need to shift focus from radiation safety of
    staff and public, to patient radiation safety
  • Patient radiation safety and quality of
    treatment/diagnosis are two sides of the same
    coin
  • Regulatory framework in Canada is poorly
    structured for this shift
  • Rely on professional societies, education, and
    shift in culture

5
Canadian Patient Safety/Quality Initiatives
  • Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy
    (CPQR) an alliance among
  • Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists
    (COMP)
  • Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists
    (CARO)
  • Canadian Association of Medical Radiation
    Technologists (CAMRT)
  • Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC)
  • Various initiatives, including technical quality
    standards for radiotherapy

6
Canadian Patient Safety/Quality Initiatives
  • COMP Winter School Quality and Safety in
    Radiotherapy
  • 1 January 2010, Banff, Alberta
  • 2 February 2011, Mt. Tremblant, Quebec
  • 3 February 2012, Whistler, BC
  • National Audit Program for radiotherapy centers
    (early stages)
  • National incident reporting system (in
    development)
  • Database for tracking patient doses from
    diagnostic procedures (in development)

7
  • Radiation safety professionals in the health
    care sector need to shift emphasis from staff
    dose to patient dose.
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