Evaluation of the quality of mammographic breast positioning: a quality improvement study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although there are concerns that inadequate breast positioning in mammographic examinations may lead to cancers being missed, few studies have examined the quality of breast positioning, especially in the Canadian context. Our objective was to assess the quality of breast positioning in mammographic examinations in a Quebec-wide representative sample of technologists.

Methods

This quality improvement study was part of a professional inspection launched by the Ordre des technologues en imagerie médicale, en radio-oncologie et en électrophysiologie médicale du Québec among its members. The inspection was conducted between May and July 2017 on a proportionate stratified random sample of all active technologists certified in mammography in Quebec. Each technologist pr

SUBMITTER: Rouette J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8191588 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature