BACKGROUND Although minimum regulatory standards exist for determining QC testing frequency, decisions regarding when and how to run QC samples are not standardized. Most QC testing strategies test control samples at fixed time intervals, often placing the samples in the same position on an instrument during subsequent QC events and leaving large gaps of time when control samples are never run,...

Axe Neurosciences, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec—Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Sherbrooke and Institut de Pharmacologie de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, Département de Pharmacologie-Physiologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, Quebec Pain Research Network, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, Integrated Program in...

Introduction Quality control (QC) techniques are used in monitoring and maintenance of the components of an x-ray system. QC of radiology devices plays a significant role in reduction of medication dose and optimization of image quality. This study aimed to conduct QC tests on randomly selected radiology devices, installed in diagnostic imaging departments of Iran. Materials and Methods In tota...

1Laboratory of Innate Immunity, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC; 2Research Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC; 3Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC; 4Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC; 5Department of Pediatrics, University of Mo...

1 Centre de Recherche, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, QC, Canada 2 Centre d’Études Avancées en Médicine du Sommeil, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, QC, Canada 3 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, QC, Canada 4 Movement Disorders Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada 5 Unité des Troubles du Mouvement André Barbeau, Cent...

Introduction Application of quality control (QC) programs at diagnostic radiology departments is of great significance for optimization of image quality and reduction of patient dose. The main objective of this study was to perform QC tests on stationary radiographic X-ray machines, installed in 14 hospitals of Kerman province, Iran. Materials and Methods In this cross-sectional study, QC tests...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine current radiotherapy linear accelerator quality control (QC) practice in the UK, as a comparative benchmark and indicator of development needs, and to raise awareness of QC as a key performance indicator. METHODS All UK radiotherapy centres were invited to complete an online questionnaire regarding their local QC processes, and submit th...

Elaine Ngan, Jason J. Northey, Claire M. Brown, Josie Ursini-Siegel and Peter M. Siegel* Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 1A1, Canada Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3G 1Y6, Canada Lady D...

1 Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, Pfizer Canada Inc., Kirkland, QC, Canada, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City,...