Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Risk Assessment in Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
Start Date: Feb 22nd, 2021 08:00
End Date: Mar 5th, 2021 23:59
URL: http://indico.ictp.it/event/9444/
Location: Online
The workshop aims to enhance knowledge on performing retrospective and prospective risk analysis and managing unintended and accidental patient exposure in advanced radiotherapy techniques, thus contributing to strengthening patient safety while delivering high quality radiotherapy services.
Topics:
- Link between quality and safety in radiotherapy
- Factors responsible for the safe delivery of radiotherapy services
- Lessons learned from radiotherapy incidents and accidents that have occurred in the past
- Potential incidents in IMRT, SBRT, IGRT, IORT, 3D brachytherapy, etc.
- Reporting and learning from unintended events
- IAEA safety reporting and learning system SAFRON
- Measures to prevent unintended and accidental exposure
- Methods for retrospective and prospective risk analysis
- Distribution of responsibilities for patient safety
- Radiation safety culture
Lecturers:
E. FORD, AAPM, USA
N. JORNET, ESTRO, Spain
B. MCCLEAN, EFOMP, Ireland
Registration: There is no registration fee