Diseño de un Sistema Integrado de Gestión de Calidad, Ambiente y Seguridad para la Unidad de Medicina Nuclear del Hospital Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Guayaquil

Abstract

The nuclear medicine unit of Dr.Teodoro Maldonado Carbo in Guayaquil city gives treatment to patients with thyroid pathologies with radioactive elements. An integrated system of quality management, environment and security for the nuclear medicine unit was designed by using instruments designed to gather data containing questions about service quality of nuclear medicine proposed by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by means of QUANUM. The questionnaire permitted to verify the level of performance of the processes carried out in this unit by Chi-square test. It was possible to determine that the hypothesis is not accepted despite 62.53% meets with the unit for International Quality Management System (IQMS) and 37.47% does not meet. On the other hand, it was determined that in the strategies and policies, administration and Management, Irradiation Performance, Radiological Protection of the patients, evaluation of guarantees of quality system, equipment control of medical imaging, computing systems and manipulation, acceptance tests, general aspects - clinic services and general aspects - therapy services with iodine 131 is accomplished 70.80, 70.00, 84.00, 75.00, 36.70, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 35, 70 and 85.00% respectively so, it is concluded that the quality control, manipulation systems and acceptance tests are not met in 100% in this system