The quality control of delivering radiation therapy using check list verification document

Authors

  • Paowarin Khayaiwong Radiological Technology Department, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University
  • Suttipong Rittiplaeng Division of Radiation Oncology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society
  • Nongnut Khamta Division of Radiation Oncology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society
  • Pimpida Junrach Division of Radiation Oncology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society
  • Puwanai Jeindon 2Radiological Technology Department, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University
  • Apiwat Kongkirit Radiological Technology Department, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University
  • Chanikran Chamnanmor Radiological Technology Department, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University
  • Woraya Nguanthean Division of Radiation Oncology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society

Keywords:

Quality control, errors, checklist document, pre-treatment verification

Abstract

Background: Radiation therapy consists of many steps for treating the cancer patient. The patient’s data transfer is very important. In order to prevent any errors in data transfer, such as radiation dose, number of treatment fraction, beam energy, the data checklist is necessary and will benefit in treating patients.

Objective: The purpose was to examine the data from the checklist verification document and analyze the cause of the treatment error. 

Materials and methods: Six-hundred-ninety-one patients’ checklists from Division of Radiation Oncology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, were retrospectively reviewed from November 2018 to May 2019. The prescribed dose from the radiation oncologist and the treatment plan sheet from medical physicist were checked by radiation therapist before treatment.  The frequency and percentage of the incidence of errors were classified as man, machine, material, method, and environment. Once an error was detected, it could be immediately corrected.  The incidence was collected and analyzed to find out the causes of errors.

Results: Fitty-two events were detected from the checklist documents. These errors could be classified as a man for 30 events (57.70%), machine for 9 events (17.31%), material for 4 events (7.69%), method for 8 events (15.38%) and environmental error for 1 event (1.92%).

Conclusion: The major cause of treatment error was from human. The checklist verification document is an essential tool for treatment quality control and it is the radiation therapists responsibilities guide to do a pre-treatment verification. It helps to prevent and correct the errors before treatment delivery.

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2021-05-17

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Khayaiwong P, Rittiplaeng S, Khamta N, Junrach P, Jeindon P, Kongkirit A, Chamnanmor C, Nguanthean W. The quality control of delivering radiation therapy using check list verification document. J Thai Assn of Radiat Oncol [Internet]. 2021 May 17 [cited 2024 Apr. 25];27(1):R43-R53. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jtaro/article/view/247575

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