Early life exposure to diagnostic radiation and ultrasound scans and risk of childhood cancer: case-control study

In the field of clinical radiology, it is important to safeguard both the patient and the hospital staff that administer the services to patients. This is mainly because patients as well as hospital staff are exposed to harmful radiations such as x-rays, which are used for diagnostic imaging service.

Clinical radiology mainly involves the use of harmful radiation in diagnosis. Therefore, there is a need to improve quality and healthcare safety in this field. In order to improve this safety standards there are a number of critical elements that need to be brought together. The patient is at the centre of the improving quality and healthcare safety. Other factors included education, methods, and tools to achieve the objectives, care coordination, health services, physicians, and third party individuals. There is a need to bring all this elements together in order to implement excellent policies that will ensure improved quality and safety.

There is a need for different key players to work together for safety in order for the aims to be achieved. These include healthcare players, the government, and academia. All the players have to be a part of the quality and healthcare safety in clinical radiology.