The deadline for national transposition of the Directive was set for 6 February 2018. Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom were repealed with effect from the same date.
The Directive is directly addressed to Member States that have to put in place national implementing laws. This Directive establishes uniform basic safety standards for the protection of the health of individuals subject to occupational exposures, besides the medical and public exposures against the dangers arising from ionising radiation.
Articles 55 and 56 in Chap. VII on Medical Exposures maintain most of the requirements of the previous 97/43/Euratom Directive, but the explicit consideration of occupational doses in justification and optimisation (as made by ICRP) in some previous articles should be noted. Article 19.4.
The implementation of what the transposition of the Directive to our legal order implies, besides the implication of the professionals, Centers and Administration, a need and a consumption of resources. If not enough are allocated, there is a risk that the innovation and improvement that the transpo …
(a) Update/Modification of the current Royal Decrees, including the need to perform proactive analysis and risk management of accidental or unintentional exposures. It would be desirable, in additi
The scientific societies of the professionals involved in the radiotherapy process are responsible for promoting the training update of their members by holding conferences and courses on Patient Safety and Quality, both specific to each scientific society and multidisciplinary. In this regard, the Spanish Society of Radiation Oncology has been con
(a) The participation, leadership and support of the Center management and the head of the department in planning measures to improve the safety of patients in radiotherapy and promote a culture of
(a) All the Spanish departments must update their Quality Assurance Programs, establishing the necessary modifications and resources so that the proactive risk analysis can be carried out, as well
The radiation oncologist responsible for the patient and the patient himself must be informed of the clinical impact of each event that implies accidental or unintentional exposure. The obligation to offer the patient correct and truthful information of the clinical significance of an event is not clearly established in our legislation, although it