Quality Control Tests For Thyroid Uptake Device And Intraoperative Gamma Probe Device: Quality Control Tests

Alptuğ Özer YÜKSEL; Tugba HACIOSMANOGLU; Yasemin PARLAK

doi:10.63187/ampas.28

Authors

Alptuğ Özer YÜKSEL Ankara Bilkent City Hospital Nuclear Medicine Clinic, Ankara ,Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9748-6208
Tugba HACIOSMANOGLU University of Health Sciences, Gülhane Vocational School of Health https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-8817
Yasemin PARLAK Manisa Celal Bayar University School of Medicine Department of Nuclear Medicine,Manisa,Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3682-7611

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.63187/ampas.28

Keywords:

quantitative, quality control, Radiation Exposure, safety

Abstract

In the 21st century, the healthcare system is undergoing a significant change in terms of emphasis on "quantitative quality", with evidence-based outcomes being targeted along with patient safety and satisfaction. Every medical product should be subjected to predetermined and established tests to verify its quality, performance, efficacy, safety, reliability, stability, etc. The quality system ensures that unfavorable situations are identified and necessary arrangements are made before the start of the application. From the point of view of our profession, these practices will prevent further radiation exposure of patients and employees and it will be possible to detect systems that have lost their performance compared to the time they were installed

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Quality Control Tests For Thyroid Uptake Device And Intraoperative Gamma Probe Device