1. Describe the elements of the 1985 JCAH QA standard. 2. Define "critical indicator" and give three examples of It from anesthesia practice. 3. List the three elements of a written departmental QA plan and state the significance of each. 4. Discuss two monitoring methodologies which may be appropriate to your anesthesia department. 5. Explain the three phases of peer review Implementation. Hos...

OBJECTIVE The Chilean quality assurance (QA) program evaluation took place in July 1999, at the request of the Chilean Ministry of Health. The main objectives of the evaluation were to identify key aspects of the 8-year-old Chilean QA program that could be considered by other countries and to make strategic recommendations. SETTING In 1991, the Ministry of Health of Chile launched a national ...

In recent years, the sophistication and complexity of clinical treatment planning and treatment planning systems has increased significantly, particularly including three-dimensional (3D) treatment planning systems, and the use of conformal treatment planning and delivery techniques. This has led to the need for a comprehensive set of quality assurance (QA) guidelines that can be applied to cli...

X ray procedures which involve fluoroscopy often give significant radiation doses to patients. A valuable radiation protection procedure is the adoption of a quality assurance programme which will ensure the continual production of optimal quality images with the minimum necessary dose to the patient. Various publications exist which provide information on quality assurance (QA) and constancy c...

In the food industry, quality assurance (QA) systems are applied to ensure food safety and food quality to prevent liability claims and to build and maintain trust of consumers. Bakeries apply QA systems such as Hygiene code, HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points), ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and BRC (British Retail Consortium), but for them to be able to decid...

Phone: 301.405.6722 ally distributed development teams to assemble highly confi gurable systems from generic services and components and then incrementally adding new features to the system over time. Porter says he “wants to create the revolutionary new tools that will help companies succeed in this new environment”. He believes that this kind of software development only works if you have rap...

The aim of meat inspection in Australia is to contribute to the production of safe and wholesome food, comply with the requirements of importing countries, and support national animal health objectives. An analysis of the role of quality assurance (QA) in the meat inspection systems at federally inspected establishments shows that the position of Australia as a leading meat exporter is aided by...

A quality assurance method that utilizes 3D dosimetry and facilitates clinical interpretation Oldham Mark; Thomas Andrew; O'Daniel Jennifer; Juang Titania; Ibbott Geoffrey; Adamovics John; Kirkpatrick John P International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics (2012), 84(2), 540-6. PURPOSE: To demonstrate a new three-dimensional (3D) quality assurance (QA) method that provides comprehe...

The purpose of this article is to outline critical elements in the development and quality assurance (QA) assessment of a computer-based assessment battery (CAB). The first section of the article provides an overview of the life cycle of a representative CAB, typical evolutionary stages, and many of the essential considerations for designing and developing a CAB. The second section of the artic...

Quality assurance (QA) is the total process whereby the quality of laboratory reports can be guaranteed. The term quality control covers that part of QA, which primarily concerns the control of errors in the performance of tests and verification of test results. All materials, equipment and procedures must be adequately controlled. Culture media must be tested for sterility and performance. Eac...