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International Workshop on Practical Implementation of Clinical Audit for Medical Exposure to Ionizing Radiation 8–10 September 2008, Tampere, Finland Hannu Järvinen STUK [email protected] Presentation of the draft EC Guideline: Purpose, scope and definitions

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Page 1: Presentation of the draft EC Guideline

Inte

rnat

iona

l Wor

ksho

p on

Pra

ctic

al Im

plem

enta

tion

ofC

linic

al A

udit

for M

edic

al E

xpos

ure

to Io

nizi

ng R

adia

tion

8–10

Sep

tem

ber 2

008,

Tam

pere

, Fin

land

Han

nuJä

rvin

en

ST

UK

hann

u.ja

rvin

en@

stuk

.fi

Pre

sent

atio

n of

the

dra

ft E

C G

uide

line:

Pur

pose

, sco

pe a

nd

defi

niti

ons

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clin

ical

audi

t

to p

rovi

de g

uida

nce

on c

linic

al a

udit

ing

incl

udin

g op

tim

al s

tand

ardi

zati

on w

hich

cou

ld

impr

ove

impl

emen

tati

on o

f A

rtic

le 6

.4 o

f C

ounc

il D

irec

tive

97/

43/ E

UR

AT

OM

to p

rovi

de c

ompr

ehen

sive

info

rmat

ion

on

exis

ting

pro

cedu

res

and

crit

eria

fo

r c

lin

ica

l a

ud

its in

RA

DIO

LO

GIC

AL

pra

cti

ce

s:

dia

gn

osti

c r

ad

iolo

gy, n

uc

lea

r m

ed

icin

e a

nd

ra

dio

the

rap

yto

cla

rify

the

ter

min

olog

y us

ed, d

efin

e th

e co

re e

lem

ents

of

Clin

ical

aud

it a

nd p

rovi

de

exam

ples

of

the

vari

ous

appr

oach

es a

nd g

ood

prac

tice

Pur

pose

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EC

Clin

ical

audi

tpr

ojec

t

The

gui

danc

e w

ill

enab

le t

he m

embe

r S

tate

s to

ad

op

t th

e m

od

el

of

cli

nic

al a

ud

it w

ith

re

sp

ec

t to

th

eir

n

ati

on

al

leg

isla

tio

n

an

d a

dm

inis

tra

tive

p

rovis

ion

s.

Pur

pose

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clin

ical

audi

t

The

gui

delin

e de

als

wit

h al

l typ

es a

nd le

vels

of

clin

ical

au

dit,

and

is a

pplic

able

to

both

inte

rnal

and

ext

erna

l au

dits

.

It is im

po

rta

nt

to r

ec

og

niz

e t

ha

t th

is g

uid

elin

e

is n

ot

a le

ga

l re

qu

ire

me

nt.

Ac

co

rdin

g t

o t

he

M

ED

dir

ec

tive

, c

lin

ica

l a

ud

its s

ho

uld

be

c

arr

ied

ou

t in

ac

co

rda

nc

e w

ith

na

tio

na

l p

roc

ed

ure

s. T

he

pu

rpo

se

of

this

gu

ide

lin

e is

to g

ive

re

co

mm

en

da

tio

ns a

nd

hig

hlig

ht

so

me

p

ossib

le “

na

tio

na

l p

roc

ed

ure

s”.

Pur

pose

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ical

audi

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Thi

s gu

idel

ine

will

def

ine

the

list

of t

opic

s w

hich

sho

uld

be c

over

ed b

y cl

inic

al a

udit

sT

he a

ctua

l cri

teri

a of

goo

d pr

acti

ce a

re

disc

usse

d to

som

e ex

tent

onl

y on

gen

eric

le

vels

. Fo

r th

e m

ost

deta

iled

crit

eria

of

good

pr

acti

ce, f

or s

peci

fic

exam

inat

ions

or

trea

tmen

ts, t

he g

uide

line

can

only

de

mon

stra

te t

he n

atur

e or

exe

mpl

ify

such

cr

iter

ia, t

oget

her

wit

h so

me

orie

ntat

ion

how

th

ese

can

be d

evel

oped

.

Pur

pose

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ical

audi

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The

gui

delin

e ha

s be

en d

esig

ned

to b

e fo

r ap

prop

riat

e R

AD

IOLO

GIC

AL

staf

f (a

ll pr

ofes

sion

al g

roup

s), h

ospi

tal m

anag

emen

t,

audi

ting

org

aniz

atio

ns a

nd r

egul

ator

y bo

dies

, in

ord

er t

o im

prov

e th

eir

awar

enes

s of

the

ir

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

and

duti

es.

Pur

pose

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ical

audi

t

Impr

oved

clin

ical

aud

it w

ill t

hen

yiel

d m

ulti

ple

bene

fits

to

the

heal

th c

are

syst

em:

prov

isio

n of

ato

ol f

or q

ualit

y im

prov

emen

tim

prov

emen

t of

pra

ctic

ere

cogn

itio

n fo

r qu

alit

y an

d aw

aren

ess

of g

ood

prac

tice

sre

cogn

itio

n of

out

date

d pr

acti

cem

otiv

atio

n of

sta

ff t

o in

crea

se q

ualit

yim

prov

emen

t of

loca

l sta

ndar

ds a

nd a

dher

ence

to

nati

onal

sta

ndar

dspr

even

tion

aga

inst

liti

gati

onim

prov

emen

t of

com

mun

icat

ion

wit

hin

the

inst

itut

ions

reve

alin

g w

eak

poin

tspr

omot

ing

deve

lopm

ent

of q

ualit

y sy

stem

s.

Pur

pose

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Dra

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uide

line

on

clin

ical

audi

t

Thr

ough

add

ress

ing

tech

nica

l, fi

nanc

ial a

nd

clin

ical

pro

visi

on f

or h

igh

qual

ity

RA

DIO

LOG

ICA

L pr

oced

ures

, the

mai

n be

nefi

ciar

y of

enh

ance

d cl

inic

al a

udit

sho

uld

even

tual

ly b

e th

e pa

tien

t.

Pur

pose

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clin

ical

audi

t

Clin

ical

aud

it is

“A

sys

tem

atic

exa

min

atio

n or

rev

iew

of

med

ical

RA

DIO

LOG

ICA

L pr

oced

ures

whi

ch s

eeks

to

impr

ove

the

qual

ity

and

the

outc

ome

of p

atie

nt c

are,

th

roug

h st

ruct

ured

rev

iew

whe

reby

R

AD

IOLO

GIC

AL

prac

tice

s, p

roce

dure

s, a

nd

resu

lts

are

exam

ined

aga

inst

agr

eed

stan

dard

sfo

r go

od m

edic

al R

AD

IOLO

GIC

AL

proc

edur

es,

wit

h m

odif

icat

ions

of

the

prac

tice

s w

here

in

dica

ted

and

the

appl

icat

ion

of n

ew

stan

dard

s if

nec

essa

ry".

Def

init

ions

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clin

ical

audi

t

Thi

s G

uide

line

will

not

aim

at

chan

ging

th

e C

linic

al A

udit

def

init

ion

but

is t

ryin

g to

cla

rify

its

prof

ound

m

eani

ng a

nd r

ecom

men

ded

appl

icat

ion

Def

init

ions

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clin

ical

audi

t

It is

obv

ious

fro

m t

he d

efin

itio

n th

at a

ll gr

ades

of

staf

f (a

ll pr

ofes

sion

als)

of

med

ical

car

e m

ust

be in

volv

edIt

is a

tru

ly m

ulti

-dis

cipl

inar

y, m

ulti

-pr

ofes

sion

al a

ctiv

ity.

T

he t

erm

"m

edic

al a

udit

" is

som

etim

es

used

whe

n th

e ac

tivi

ty is

con

fine

d to

th

e w

ork

and

serv

ice

that

phy

sici

ans,

al

one

Def

init

ions

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clin

ical

audi

t

Clin

ical

aud

it is

not

con

side

red

to t

arge

t on

a p

erfo

rman

ce o

n an

indi

vidu

alon

a s

ingl

e pa

tien

t.

Def

init

ions

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clin

ical

audi

t

Clin

ical

aud

it is

not

:re

sear

chqu

alit

y (s

yste

m)

audi

t to

ver

ify

that

th

e qu

alit

y sy

stem

s co

nfor

ms

to a

qu

alit

y st

anda

rd

a re

gula

tory

insp

ecti

on n

or a

ny

othe

r re

gula

tory

act

ivit

y

Def

init

ions

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ical

audi

t

Re

se

arc

h is

a s

yste

mat

ic in

vest

igat

ion

to in

crea

se t

he s

um o

f ou

r kn

owle

dge.

Fo

r cl

inic

al a

udit

, the

aim

of

rese

arch

is

to

dete

rmin

e w

hat

is a

goo

d pr

acti

ce, w

hile

aud

it it

self

sho

uld

ask

the

ques

tion

: “A

re w

e ac

tual

ly

follo

win

g go

od p

ract

ice?

Def

init

ions

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ical

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t

Qu

ali

ty (

syste

m)

au

dit

is a

n au

dit

to v

erif

y th

at t

he q

ualit

y sy

stem

(Q

S)

of t

he

orga

niza

tion

con

form

s to

a g

iven

qua

lity

syst

em s

tand

ards

, for

exa

mpl

e IS

O 9

001

(IS

O, 1

994)

. The

ass

essm

ent

of t

he Q

S is

us

ually

car

ried

out

by

an in

depe

nden

t bo

dy (

a ce

rtif

icat

ion

body

), w

hich

will

is

sue

a ce

rtif

icat

e th

at t

he Q

S is

in

conf

orm

ance

wit

h th

e se

lect

ed q

ualit

y st

anda

rd.

Def

init

ions

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ical

audi

t

Re

gu

lato

ry i

nsp

ec

tio

nis

an

insp

ecti

on b

y a

regu

lato

ry b

ody

in o

rder

to

veri

fy t

hat

RA

DIO

LOG

ICA

L pr

acti

ces

are

carr

ied

out

in c

onfo

rman

ce w

ith

lega

l req

uire

men

ts

(law

s, s

tatu

tes,

reg

ulat

ions

). T

hese

are

ty

pica

lly u

nam

bigu

ous

wit

h bi

ndin

g re

quir

emen

ts. N

on-c

ompl

ianc

e ca

n le

ad t

o en

forc

emen

t ac

tion

s.

Def

init

ions

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Dra

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clin

ical

audi

t

Goo

d pr

acti

ceis

the

pra

ctic

e w

hich

can

be

reco

mm

ende

d ba

sed

on t

he m

ost

rece

nt

cons

ider

atio

ns o

f ev

iden

ce b

ased

dat

a, lo

ng

term

exp

erie

nce

and

know

ledg

e ga

ined

on

the

nece

ssar

y st

ruct

ure,

pro

cess

and

ou

tcom

e.

Goo

d pr

acti

ce is

not

a p

erm

anen

t co

ncep

t bu

t sh

ould

ev

olve

wit

h th

e ge

nera

l dev

elop

men

t of

evi

denc

e ba

sed

med

icin

e, m

edic

al r

adio

logi

cal e

quip

men

t an

d te

chni

ques

.S

omet

imes

goo

d pr

acti

ce h

as t

o be

ada

pted

to

the

avai

labl

e lo

cal f

acili

ties

and

res

ourc

es.

Due

to

loca

l si

tuat

ions

, a u

nive

rsal

ly a

gree

d go

od p

ract

ice

(opt

imiz

ed p

ract

ice)

may

be

diff

icul

t to

ach

ieve

for

a

whi

le b

ut s

houl

d be

con

side

red

as a

n ul

tim

ate

aim

.

Def

init

ions

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”An

exam

inat

ion,

by

qual

ifie

dpe

rson

s, o

f th

e bo

oks

and

acco

unts

of a

bus

ines

s, p

ublic

offi

ceor

unde

rtak

ing

to

prev

ent

ordi

scov

erfr

aud

on t

he p

art

of a

pe

rson

kee

ping

them

Au

dit

ors

mu

st

be

ind

ep

en

de

nt

fro

mth

e

org

an

iza

tio

nto

be

au

dit

ed

, i.

e.,

th

e

au

dit

ors

sh

ou

ldn

ot

be

resp

on

sib

lefo

r th

e p

roc

ed

ure

sto

be

asse

sse

d.

Dra

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on

clin

ical

audi

tD

efin

itio

ns

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clin

ical

audi

t

How

ever

, not

ific

atio

n of

the

au

thor

itie

s ar

e no

t to

be

excl

uded

in

case

the

ass

essm

ent

reve

als

seri

ous

prob

lem

s or

non

-con

form

itie

s w

hich

m

ay e

ndan

ger

the

safe

ty o

f pa

tien

ts

or s

taff

In s

uch

case

s, t

he a

udit

ors

shou

ld

imm

edia

tely

not

ify

the

hosp

ital

m

anag

emen

t of

the

fin

ding

s an

d in

form

reg

ulat

ory

auth

orit

ies

acco

rdin

g to

the

nat

iona

l law

if

nece

ssar

y. D

efin

itio

ns

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clin

ical

audi

t

Clin

ical

aud

it s

houl

d be

a s

yste

mat

ic

and

cont

inui

ng a

ctiv

ity,

whe

reby

in

tern

al a

nd e

xter

nal a

udit

pro

cedu

res

are

of e

qual

impo

rtan

ce in

ord

er t

o ac

hiev

e op

tim

al o

utco

mes

.

Def

init

ions

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ical

audi

t

Inte

rna

l a

ud

its

and

self

-ass

essm

ents

are

ca

rrie

d ou

t w

ithi

n th

e he

alth

car

e un

it a

s pa

rt

of it

s ov

eral

l qua

lity

assu

ranc

e pr

oced

ures

.T

he p

rinc

iple

of

inde

pend

ence

is im

plem

ente

d w

hene

ver

poss

ible

by

nom

inat

ing

audi

tors

fro

m

sub-

unit

s or

dep

artm

ents

of

the

inst

itut

ion

diff

eren

t fr

om t

he s

ub-u

nit

to b

e au

dite

d.

For

smal

l uni

ts in

tern

al a

udit

s ca

n ta

ke m

ore

a fo

rm o

f a

self

-ass

essm

ent

rath

er t

han

actu

al

audi

t.

Def

init

ions

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ical

audi

t

Ex

tern

al a

ud

its

are

carr

ied

out

by a

n ex

tern

al

audi

ting

bod

y or

aud

itor

s, in

depe

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