Safety in radiation oncology (SAFRON) : Learning about incident causes and safety barriers in external beam radiotherapy
Copyright © 2023 Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica e Sanitaria. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved..
PURPOSE: Safety in Radiation Oncology (SAFRON) is a reporting and learning system on radiotherapy and radionuclide therapy incidents and near misses. The primary aim of this paper is to examine whether any discernible patterns exist in the causes of reported incidents and safety barriers within the SAFRON system concerning external beam radiotherapy.
METHODS AND MATERIALS: This study focuses on external beam radiotherapy incidents, reviewing 1685 reports since the inception of SAFRON until December 2021. Reports that did not identify causes of incidents and safety barriers were excluded from the final study population.
RESULTS: Simple two-dimensional radiotherapy or electron beam therapy were represented by 97 reports, three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy by 39 reports, modulated arc therapy by 12 reports, intensity modulated radiation therapy by 11 reports, stereotactic radiosurgery by 4 reports, and radiotherapy with protons or other particles by 1 report, while for 92 of them, no information on treatment method had been provided. Most of the reported incidents were minor incidents and were discovered by the radiation therapist. Inadequate direction/information in staff communication was the most frequently reported cause of incident, and regular independent chart check was the most common safety barrier.
CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that the majority of incidents were reported by radiation therapists, and the majority of these incidents were classified as minor. Communication problems and failure to follow standards/procedures/practices were the most frequent causes of incidents. Furthermore, regular independent chart checking was the most frequently identified safety barrier.
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2023 |
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Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB) - 111(2023) vom: 01. Juli, Seite 102618 |
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Date Completed 23.06.2023 Date Revised 23.06.2023 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1016/j.ejmp.2023.102618 |
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| 520 | |a PURPOSE: Safety in Radiation Oncology (SAFRON) is a reporting and learning system on radiotherapy and radionuclide therapy incidents and near misses. The primary aim of this paper is to examine whether any discernible patterns exist in the causes of reported incidents and safety barriers within the SAFRON system concerning external beam radiotherapy | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS AND MATERIALS: This study focuses on external beam radiotherapy incidents, reviewing 1685 reports since the inception of SAFRON until December 2021. Reports that did not identify causes of incidents and safety barriers were excluded from the final study population | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: Simple two-dimensional radiotherapy or electron beam therapy were represented by 97 reports, three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy by 39 reports, modulated arc therapy by 12 reports, intensity modulated radiation therapy by 11 reports, stereotactic radiosurgery by 4 reports, and radiotherapy with protons or other particles by 1 report, while for 92 of them, no information on treatment method had been provided. Most of the reported incidents were minor incidents and were discovered by the radiation therapist. Inadequate direction/information in staff communication was the most frequently reported cause of incident, and regular independent chart check was the most common safety barrier | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that the majority of incidents were reported by radiation therapists, and the majority of these incidents were classified as minor. Communication problems and failure to follow standards/procedures/practices were the most frequent causes of incidents. Furthermore, regular independent chart checking was the most frequently identified safety barrier | ||
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