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01/11/2002

Cancer Radiother 6 Suppl 1, 166s-170s, 2002 ( in French) Cosset JM (1), Gourmelon P. (2)

Type de document > *Article de revue
Mots clés publication scientifique > médecine
Unité de recherche > Département de protection de la santé de l'homme et de dosimétrie (DPHD)
Auteurs > GOURMELON Patrick

Radiotherapy accidents are exceedingly rare. However, they may have major negative consequences: for health (and sometimes life) of victims as well as for the trust that patients put in radiotherapy and radiation oncologists. Each accident must be pointed out, analysed and reported, in order to allow preventive actions, avoiding repetitive accidents. Through examples of majors accidents occurred all over the world in the last decades, affecting professionals, public or patients themselves, the necessity of transparency is demonstrated. The International Commission of Radiobiological Protection has drawn positive lessons from such accidents and insists on following recommandations: necessity of sufficient number and competent professionals, importance of continuous and initial education, information of professionals and, in general, a strict Quality Assurance program. It is clear that each radiotherapy center remains at risk for errors. It is essential to develop preventive procedures to avoid transformation of errors into accidents. In that context, complete and detailed description and reports of each anomaly or incident must be encouraged as it is done for sectors of aviation or nuclear industry. Radiation oncology must develop such a culture of transparency and of systematic report of all incidents. 1) Institut Curie, 26, rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France. jean-marc.cosset@curie.net 2) IRSN/DPHD BP 17, 92 262 Fontenay-aux-Roses cedex, France

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