February 25, 2019
Establishing an Interventional Radiology Patient Radiation Safety Program
Improving patient safety in healthcare has been a primary concern since the Institute of Medi¬cine published ‘To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System’ in 2000. The Interventional Radiology Patient Radiation Safety Program was created to better educate patients who are scheduled to undergo high-dose interventional radiologic procedures about the risks of ra¬diation, better monitor the delivered doses, and reduce the risk for deterministic effects.