RAD 370 Quality Assurance Exam
Study Guide Solutions
Quality Improvement (QI) - ANSWER✔✔-continuous quality
improvement process
Improve quality of system by reducing errors
Minimize mistakes
CQI - ANSWER✔✔-continuous quality improvement
-system/ process approach
-assists with increased competition, escalating costs, quality concerns,
INCREASES ACCOUNTABILITY
CI - ANSWER✔✔-continuous improvement
TQM - ANSWER✔✔-total quality management
Customer centered approach
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,What does QI do? - ANSWER✔✔-Decrease costs
Increase customer satisfaction
Ensure quality throughout the healthcare organization
Record and Verify System - ANSWER✔✔-Computer system that records a
patients daily treatment and dose
Field errors - ANSWER✔✔-Wrong field size
Omitted field
Mispositioned field
Angle errors - ANSWER✔✔-Wrong gantry angle
Wrong collimator angle
Wrong table angle
Machine errors - ANSWER✔✔-Wrong machine
Wrong beam modality
Wrong beam energy
Wrong mode
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, Wrong MU
Basic errors - ANSWER✔✔-Wrong patient
Treatment not charted - dosimetrist
Treated field retreated
Beam modification errors - ANSWER✔✔-Wedge errors
Bolus errors
Shield errors
Field shaping errors
Setup errors- by the therapist - ANSWER✔✔-Wrong positioning errors
Mispositioned positioning device
Incorrect table position
Wrong SSD/SAD
TJC (The Joint Commission) - ANSWER✔✔-Independent, non-profit
organization recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an
organization's commitment to meeting certain performance standards;
Vision Statement - all people always experience the safest, highest quality,
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Study Guide Solutions
Quality Improvement (QI) - ANSWER✔✔-continuous quality
improvement process
Improve quality of system by reducing errors
Minimize mistakes
CQI - ANSWER✔✔-continuous quality improvement
-system/ process approach
-assists with increased competition, escalating costs, quality concerns,
INCREASES ACCOUNTABILITY
CI - ANSWER✔✔-continuous improvement
TQM - ANSWER✔✔-total quality management
Customer centered approach
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,What does QI do? - ANSWER✔✔-Decrease costs
Increase customer satisfaction
Ensure quality throughout the healthcare organization
Record and Verify System - ANSWER✔✔-Computer system that records a
patients daily treatment and dose
Field errors - ANSWER✔✔-Wrong field size
Omitted field
Mispositioned field
Angle errors - ANSWER✔✔-Wrong gantry angle
Wrong collimator angle
Wrong table angle
Machine errors - ANSWER✔✔-Wrong machine
Wrong beam modality
Wrong beam energy
Wrong mode
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, Wrong MU
Basic errors - ANSWER✔✔-Wrong patient
Treatment not charted - dosimetrist
Treated field retreated
Beam modification errors - ANSWER✔✔-Wedge errors
Bolus errors
Shield errors
Field shaping errors
Setup errors- by the therapist - ANSWER✔✔-Wrong positioning errors
Mispositioned positioning device
Incorrect table position
Wrong SSD/SAD
TJC (The Joint Commission) - ANSWER✔✔-Independent, non-profit
organization recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an
organization's commitment to meeting certain performance standards;
Vision Statement - all people always experience the safest, highest quality,
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