Failure modes and effects analysis for surface-guided DIBH breast radiotherapy.

ABSTRACT: Despite breast cancer prevalence and widespread adoption of deep inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) radiation techniques, few data exist on the error risks related to using surface-guided (SG) DIBH during breast radiation therapy (RT). Due to the increasingly technical nature of these methods and being a paradigm shift from traditional breast setups/treatments, the associated risk for error is high. Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) has been used in identifying risky RT processes yet is time-consuming to perform. A subset of RT staff and a hospital patient-safety representative performed FMEA to study SG-DIBH RT processes. After this group (cohort 1) analyzed these processes, additional scoring data were acquired from RT staff uninvolved in the original FMEA (cohort 2). Cohort 2 receiv

SUBMITTER: Bright M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8992938 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature