Optimization of the protection of medical staff in working with open source ionizing radiation on PET/CT in the University Hospital Ostrava

Abstract Due to the SARS CoV-2-virus (COVID-19), anxiety, distress, and insecurity occur more frequently. In particular, infected individuals, their relatives, and medical staff face an increased risk of high psychological distress as a result of the ongoing pandemic. Thus, structured psychosocial emergency concepts are needed. The University hospital of Essen has taken up this challenge by creating the PEC concept to reduce psychosocial long-term consequences for infected patients, relatives, and medical staff at the university hospital. The concept includes professional medical as well as psychological support to convey constructive coping strategies and the provision of adequate tools such as the low-threshold online training program (CoPE It), which is accessible via the webpage www.cope-corona.de.

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Medical staff who use ionizing radiation at Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center of Casablanca, Morocco: evaluation of radiation protection knowledge

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202131901046 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 319 ◽

pp. 01046

Author(s):

Lamia Hjiyej Andaloussi ◽

Hicham Harrass ◽

Hind Aschawa ◽

Fatima Zahra Hlousse

Keyword(s):

Ionizing Radiation ◽

Radiation Protection ◽

Medical Staff ◽

University Hospital ◽

Average Score ◽

Strongly Correlated ◽

Health It ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Set Up ◽

Better Than

Hospital activity of professionals who use ionizing radiation (IR) at work generates risks on their health. Good knowledge of radiation protection (RP) rules can contribute to minimize these risks. This descriptive and analytical study, carried out from March 25 to May 14, 2019 as a survey, focused on knowledge about IR and RP. It was intended for medical and paramedical staff from several departments of Ibn Rochd UHC in Casablanca. Among 135 surveyed workers, 83% with median age of 31 years (21 to 54 years) participated. 65.17% of participants were physicians whose 76% were in training. 47% of respondents had a high global level of knowledge, with mean score of 6.6/10. IR average score (7.8/10) were better than RP average score (6.23/10). The scores varied significantly according to RP education (p<0.002) and home department (p<0.002). RP score was more strongly correlated to RP education (η2=0.32) than to department membership (η2=0.14). Medical staff RP knowledge are insufficient. In order to improve workers’ knowledge on RP, and thereby protect their health, it would be desirable to set up systematic pre-hire training and continuing education programs as well as integrate a radiation safety officer into all departments operating under IR.

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The importance of continuing education in the radiology service: a successful practice at the University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhão

Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences ◽

10.15392/bjrs.v9i3.1658 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Lillian Lettiere Bezerra Lemos Marques ◽

Gabriela Leal Aguiar ◽

Itamar Antonio Sousa Silva ◽

Livia Teresa Moreira Rios

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Ionizing Radiation ◽

Diagnostic Imaging ◽

Continuing Education ◽

University Hospital ◽

Initial Training ◽

Radiology Service ◽

The University ◽

Health Field

The concept of permanent education is materialized in the possibility of exchanging knowledge after initial training. This theme is of great importance to society and needs to be explored to provide a reflection on the reality of health services. This study presents permanent education for radiology services in accordance with current legislation and the project implemented at the University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhão. The aim is to build a knowledge of continuing education in the health field, identifying the practice of this project and also contributing to the enrichment and theoretical dissemination aimed at diagnostic imaging services that make use of technologies with ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. Thus, improving the assistance and safety to radiology professionals and their users, through a gradual and appropriate knowledge.

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Comparison of Preoperative Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography with Panscopy and Ultrasound in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Oncology ◽

10.1159/000509188 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 98 (12) ◽

pp. 889-892

Author(s):

Amir M. Salehi ◽

Lena Norberg-Spaak ◽

Simon Vallin ◽

Nicola Sgaramella ◽

Karin Nylander

Keyword(s):

Computed Tomography ◽

Positron Emission Tomography ◽

Head And Neck ◽

Needle Aspiration ◽

University Hospital ◽

Emission Tomography ◽

Positron Emission ◽

Pet Ct ◽

Needle Aspiration Cytology ◽

The University

Introduction: To compare data from preoperative positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with results of panscopy with biopsy and ultrasound with fine needle aspiration cytology (US-FNAC) on the same patients. Methods: In this retrospective (2014–2016) study, we compared PET/CT results with the results from panscopy with biopsy and US-FNAC in patients suspected of head and neck malignancy treated at the University Hospital in Umeå, Sweden. Results: A 91.3% concordance was seen between results from PET/CT and panscopy with biopsy, whereas between PET/CT and US-FNAC the concordance was 89.1%. Conclusions: The present data show the usefulness of PET/CT in the diagnosis of head and neck malignancies.

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Abstract #216: Knowledge About Inpatient Diabetes Management: Impact of an Educational Intervention in Nurses at the University Hospital of Puerto Rico

Endocrine Practice ◽

10.1016/s1530-891x(20)42522-4 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 30-31

Author(s):

Anette Garces-Dominguez ◽

Loida Gonzalez-Rodriguez ◽

Monica Vega ◽

Myriam Allende-Vigo

Keyword(s):

Puerto Rico ◽

Educational Intervention ◽

Diabetes Management ◽

University Hospital ◽

Inpatient Diabetes ◽

Inpatient Diabetes Management ◽

The University

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Symptomatic vascular complications after vascular closure device use following diagnostic and interventional catheterisation

VASA ◽

10.1024/0301-1526.33.2.78 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 78-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Thalhammer ◽

Aschwanden ◽

Jeanneret ◽

Labs ◽

Jäger

Keyword(s):

Current Literature ◽

Vascular Complications ◽

University Hospital ◽

Closure Device ◽

Ultrasound Guided ◽

Vascular Closure Device ◽

Device Use ◽

Arterial Stenoses ◽

The University ◽

Stenotic Lesions

Background: Haemostatic puncture closure devices for rapid and effective hemostasis after arterial catheterisation are a comfortable alternative to manual compression. Implanting a collagen plug against the vessel wall may become responsible for other kind of vascular injuries i.e. thrombotic or stenotic lesions and peripheral embolisation. The aim of this paper is to report our clinically relevant vascular complications after Angio-Seal® and to discuss the results in the light of the current literature. Patients and methods: We report the symptomatic vascular complications in 17 of 7376 patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic catheterisation between May 2000 and March 2003 at the University Hospital Basel. Results: Most patients presented with ischaemic symptoms, arterial stenoses or occlusions and thrombotic lesions (n = 14), whereas pseudoaneurysms were extremely rare (n = 3). Most patients with ischaemic lesions underwent vascular surgery and all patients with a pseudoaneurysm were successfully treated by ultrasound-guided compression. Conclusions: Severe vascular complications after Angio-Seal® are rare, consistent with the current literature. There may be a shift from pseudoaneurysms to ischaemic lesions.

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User Evaluation of an Integrated Medical Workstation for Clinical Data Analysis

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1634954 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 32 (05) ◽

pp. 365-372 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

T. Timmeis ◽

J. H. van Bemmel ◽

E. M. van Mulligen

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Clinical Research ◽

Clinical Data ◽

University Hospital ◽

User Evaluation ◽

Scientific Staff ◽

Medical Institutions ◽

Clinical Data Analysis ◽

Research Problems ◽

The University

AbstractResults are presented of the user evaluation of an integrated medical workstation for support of clinical research. Twenty-seven users were recruited from medical and scientific staff of the University Hospital Dijkzigt, the Faculty of Medicine of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and from other Dutch medical institutions; and all were given a written, self-contained tutorial. Subsequently, an experiment was done in which six clinical data analysis problems had to be solved and an evaluation form was filled out. The aim of this user evaluation was to obtain insight in the benefits of integration for support of clinical data analysis for clinicians and biomedical researchers. The problems were divided into two sets, with gradually more complex problems. In the first set users were guided in a stepwise fashion to solve the problems. In the second set each stepwise problem had an open counterpart. During the evaluation, the workstation continuously recorded the user’s actions. From these results significant differences became apparent between clinicians and non-clinicians for the correctness (means 54% and 81%, respectively, p = 0.04), completeness (means 64% and 88%, respectively, p = 0.01), and number of problems solved (means 67% and 90%, respectively, p = 0.02). These differences were absent for the stepwise problems. Physicians tend to skip more problems than biomedical researchers. No statistically significant differences were found between users with and without clinical data analysis experience, for correctness (means 74% and 72%, respectively, p = 0.95), and completeness (means 82% and 79%, respectively, p = 0.40). It appeared that various clinical research problems can be solved easily with support of the workstation; the results of this experiment can be used as guidance for the development of the successor of this prototype workstation and serve as a reference for the assessment of next versions.

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Sharing of Worldwide Spread Knowledge Using Hypermedia Facilities & Fast Communication Protocols (Mosaic and World Wide Web): The Example of ExPASy

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1634588 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 34 (01/02) ◽

pp. 75-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

R. D. Appel ◽

O. Golaz ◽

Ch. Pasquali ◽

J.-C. Sanchez ◽

A. Bairoch ◽

...

Keyword(s):

World Wide Web ◽

World Wide ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

Communication Protocols ◽

Laboratory Data ◽

Central Element ◽

University Hospital ◽

New Information ◽

The University ◽

Link Information

Abstract:The sharing of knowledge worldwide using hypermedia facilities and fast communication protocols (i.e., Mosaic and World Wide Web) provides a growth capacity with tremendous versatility and efficacy. The example of ExPASy, a molecular biology server developed at the University Hospital of Geneva, is striking. ExPASy provides hypermedia facilities to browse through several up-to-date biological and medical databases around the world and to link information from protein maps to genome information and diseases. Its extensive access is open through World Wide Web. Its concept could be extended to patient data including texts, laboratory data, relevant literature findings, sounds, images and movies. A new hypermedia culture is spreading very rapidly where the international fast transmission of documents is the central element. It is part of the emerging new “information society”.

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