scholarly journals Performance indicators for radiation protection management: suggestions from the European Society of Radiology

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Clinical Audit ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Audit Tool ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Inclusive Approach ◽  
European Society Of Radiology ◽  
Evaluation Of Data ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractIn 2013, the new European Basic Safety Standards Directive 2013/59/Euratom (BSS Directive), which defines the new legal framework for the use of ionising radiation in medical imaging and radiotherapy, was published. In 2014, the ESR EuroSafe Imaging Initiative was founded with a goal in mind “to support and strengthen medical radiation protection across Europe following a holistic, inclusive approach”. To support radiology departments in developing a programme of clinical audit, the ESR developed a Guide to Clinical Audit and an accompanying audit tool in 2017, with an expanded second edition released in 2019 and published under the name of Esperanto – ESR Guide to Clinical Audit in Radiology and the ESR Clinical Audit Tool, 2019. Audits represent specific aspects at a certain point in time, usually with retrospective evaluation of data. Key performance indicators (KPIs), on the other hand, are intended to enable continuous monitoring of relevant parameters, for example to provide warnings or a dashboard. KPIs, which can, for example, be recorded automatically and visualised in dashboards, are suitable for this purpose. This paper will discuss a selection of indicators covering different areas and include suggestions for their implementation.

scholarly journals The current status of uptake of European Basic Safety Standard (2013/59/Euratom) requirements: results of a follow-up survey in European radiology departments

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
David C. Howlett ◽  
Adrian P. Brady ◽  
Nuria Bargalló ◽  
Guy Frija ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Clinical Audit ◽  
Current Status ◽  
European Radiology ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Mandatory Requirement ◽  
European Society Of Radiology ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Initial Survey ◽  
Variable Compliance

AbstractThe recently implemented European Council Basic Safety Standards Directive (BSSD), 2013/59/Euratom lays down core radiation protection standards for European radiology departments, including a mandatory requirement for supporting processes of clinical audit. A repeat survey on behalf of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) was undertaken in February 2021, involving the ESR EuroSafe Imaging Star department network, to re-assess compliance with selected key BSSD requirements following an initial survey in 2018 where variable compliance was demonstrated. 61% (78/128) of eligible departments participated and overall the survey results revealed a mixed picture in terms of implementation of BSSD requirements when compared to the 2018 survey with both improvement and deterioration observed. This pattern was seen also in relation to supporting processes of regulatory audit and re-audit. Higher levels of “skipping” of responses were also observed in 2021. These findings were unexpected in light of the interventions in relation to audit (clinical and regulatory) and radiation protection undertaken by the ESR and other organisations in recent years, but can reasonably be explained by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with consequent significant disruption of radiology services. The 2021 survey results do serve to highlight again the need for co-ordinated intervention involving relevant European bodies, organisations and governmental agencies to address the important issues raised by this survey. The European Commission clinical audit and radiation protection initiatives, QuADRANT, led by the ESR, and SAMIRA will act as important drivers for improvement in patient safety, experience and outcomes across Europe.

The Standard for Radiation Protection of the IAEC as a Model for a Revision of the Legal Framework for Radiation Safety in Israel

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Koch
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Atomic Energy Commission ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Atomic Energy ◽  
Radiological Protection ◽  
Regulatory Body ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

In Israel, a single regulatory body for radiation protection does not exist. Instead, its responsibilities and functions are shared between five government ministries and agencies. Accordingly, the existing legal framework for radiation safety is of a very heterogeneous nature. It is made of laws, acts, orders, and regulations enacted during different periods, according to different principles. Moreover, some of the provisions of those legal instruments are obsolete or quote obsolete documents. The Standard for Radiation Protection (SRP) of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) was recently updated on the basis of the latest version of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Basic Safety Standards (BSS). It is proposed that the SRP of the IAEC serves as a model for a comprehensive framework law that would be structured in a similar manner, i.e., a division into three parts according to the three different types of exposure situation (planned, emergency, existing) defined by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and a subdivision of each part according to relevant exposure categories (occupational, public, medical). The adoption of such a structure would ensure that no aspect of radiation protection is left untreated.

CRITERIONS FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENT PROJECTS AND THEIR FORMULAS ADOPTED IN RUSSIAN PRACTICE

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
A. F. AGEEVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Payback Period ◽  
Internal Rate Of Return ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Regulatory Documents ◽  
Project Analysis ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Selection Of

The article analyzes domestic guidelines for assessing the effectiveness of investment projects reflected in the regulatory documentation, both current and invalid. Considered are methodological approaches to calculating key performance indicators of investment projects - net discounted income, internal rate of return, discounted payback period and profitability index. The results of the analysis and recommendations for the further development of national regulatory documents for project analysis and methodological approaches to assessing the effectiveness of socially significant investment projects are presented. The results of the analytical work presented in the article are planned to be used to create a methodology for the selection of socially significant projects for the provision of state support.

scholarly journals SMALL LOCAL BANKS IN SOCIAL MEDIA: CONVERTING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INTO CONSUMER ATTENTION AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 958-987
Author(s):  
Łukasz Kozłowski ◽  
Iwa Kuchciak
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Economic Outcomes ◽  
Careful Selection ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Thematic Content ◽  
Consumer Attention ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Selection Of

This study investigates the thematic content of Facebook disclosures from small local banks (SLBs) in Poland, their impact on Facebook users’ attention, and the economic repercussions for SLBs’ growth and performance. Based on the specificity of SLBs and existing empirical evidence, it hypothesizes that disclosures on socially responsible issues increase customer attention and can be converted into economic outcomes. To verify the posed hypotheses, several data sources are employed, including a hand-collected dataset describing the specificity of Facebook activities from SLBs in Poland between 2010 and 2017, and a stepwise research strategy is implemented. First, models of SLBs’ Facebook disclosures are distinguished. Second, the kinds of social media activities that ensure SLBs’ popularity among Facebook users are determined. Third, the thematic content of SLBs’ Facebook disclosures is related to their growth or performance indicators. The collected evidence shows that SLBs, as expected, can garner attention if they concentrate their social media activities mainly on socially responsible or local issues. Moreover, socially responsible activities and economic outcomes are generally not opposed, but only a careful selection of specific social disclosures can effectively exploit social media to the economic advantage of SLBs.

scholarly journals RADIATION HYGIENIC ASPECTS OF THE SAFETY CONTROL OF THE PERSONNEL

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (9) ◽  
pp. 878-882
Author(s):  
Anatoly V. Simakov ◽  
Yu. V. Abramov ◽  
N. L. Proskuryakova
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Safety Control ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
The One ◽  
Analytical System ◽  
And Training ◽  
Selection Of

Control of the radiation safety of workers is the one of the principal tasks of regulatory bodies responsible for the radiation safety and protection. This task is solved through the implementation of a set of organizational and technical measures, including:1) Organization and the execution of radiation monitoring; 2) Prediction of exposure doses to workers; 3) Selection of workers for the execution of radiation hazardous operations including emergency remedial works; 4) Planning of activities to implement the principle of the optimization of radiation protection; 6) Development and establishment of reference levels of exposure to radiation factors; 5) Organization of education and training of the personnel; 7) Continuous improvement of the occupational safety culture etc. The paper describes main actions of the management of radiation facilities aimed at the implementation of the above mentioned measures. Special attention is paid to the selection of the personnel of the required qualifications, possessing a sufficient reserve of an individual dose, to carry out radiation hazardous operations, to predict radiation doses to justify the development of the necessary protective measures and to plan actions to implement the principle of optimization of the radiation protection. The active use of the computer information and analytical system for the management of the protection from the occupational radiation is recommended. This system should include: 1. Database of individual occupational doses; 2. Database of radiation parameters characterizing the situation in workshops and at the industrial site of the radiation facility; 3. Software package for education and training of the personnel. The making of managerial decisions for the radiation protection of the personnel is aimed at increasing in the occupational reliability and, ultimately, improving the safety of radiation facilities, maintaining health and increasing the professional longevity of workers.

scholarly journals Social (In)justice and Rental Housing Discrimination in Urban Canada: The Case of Ethno-racial Minorities in the Herongate Community in Ottawa

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-101
Author(s):  
Joseph Mensah ◽  
Daniel Tucker-Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Immigrant Community ◽  
Visible Minorities ◽  
Selection Of

In 2015, the predominantly visible minority immigrant community of Herongate, in Ottawa, Ontario, was slated for redevelopment by its landlord, Timbercreek Asset Management. This redevelopment involved mass eviction of the incumbent tenants, demolition of the existing affordable housing and its replacement with luxury rentals, which, by all indications, are beyond the financial reach of the former Herongage tenants. This paper seeks to problematize large-scale residential real estate redevelopment in Canada and examine its impact, using the Herongate situation as a case study. Among other things, it profiles the Herongate community, its history and present redevelopment, and explores the legal framework, and the limits thereof, constraining mass evictions of this type in Ontario. The findings indicate that the selection of Herongate for redevelopment was not fortuitous; generally, racialized and immigrant communities like Herongate are disproportionately likely to be selected for large-scale redevelopment projects, and thus subjected to mass-evictions. Further results suggest that the dissolution of the Herongate community – and the attendant dislocation of its members – has exacted a pronounced social and economic toll and compounded the racial discrimination already experienced by the former Herongate residents, most of whom are visible minorities. The paper concludes with an appeal to imbue the redevelopment process with a greater regard for social justice, and a right to housing as a policy solution to address the injustice caused by real estate redevelopment.

scholarly journals Sanitation and hygiene school schools in Tobolsk province in the end of XIX century

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-280
Author(s):  
Aleksandr A. Valitov ◽  
I. S. Tomilov ◽  
D. Yu. Fedotova
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
History Of ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
Sanitary Conditions ◽  
Hygienic Conditions

In the article there is considered the history of the development of sanitary and hygienic standards in school institutions of Tobolsk province in the late XIX century. In comparative terms there is characterized the presented in that period the legal framework regulating of abidance by hygienic and sanitary standards in educational institutions. There was executed an careful analysis of hygienic conditions on the example of the Tobolsk male gymnasium with a comparison of similar conditions in another Siberian educational/childcare institution - the Yenisei female progymnasium. The main sources in the study were reports of educators: I. Gursky - about hygienic living conditions of the inmates of the Tobolsk gymnasium and P.M. Golovachev - about sanitary conditions in the Yenisei female gymnasium. Contemporaries paid a great attention to such health and safety standards as heating, ventilation, lighting, capacity of classrooms and boarding facilities, the violation of which led to a deterioration in the health of students and the growth of the epidemics in mention educational institutions

Why has our recovery rate dropped? An audit examining waiting times, starting scores and length of treatment in relation to recovery within an IAPT service

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyla Vaillancourt ◽  
John Manley ◽  
Nicholas McNulty
Keyword(s):  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Clinical Audit ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Electronic Records ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
High Recovery ◽  
Length Of Treatment ◽  
Psychological Therapies ◽  
Moderate Depression ◽  
Service Data

AbstractThe Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) initiative was created to provide mental health services for those experiencing mild to moderate depression and anxiety. IAPT is commissioned on the basis that it achieves adequate performance on a number of ‘key performance indicators’, one of which is the proportion of clients who ‘move towards recovery’ following treatment. The impetus for the current evaluation was a significant reduction in the proportion of clients recovering within an IAPT service. Data for this clinical audit was obtained from IAPT electronic records (IAPTus). Three factors (waiting times, clinical contact and starting scores on the PHQ-9 and GAD-7) were examined and explored separately for each level of care (i.e. steps 2 and 3). These factors were analysed in relation to recovery and compared between periods of low and high recovery within the service. Results reveal that there was little change in the severity of clients’ starting scores between the periods of low and high recovery. Increased waiting time in the period of low recovery was not associated with recovery status. The amount of clinical contact was related to recovery at both time periods. Limitations and implications of the findings are discussed.

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