Medical Dosimetry Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, WI 54601, USA.
Medical Dosimetry Program, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, WI 54601, USA.
Med Dosim. 2022;47(3):248-251. doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2022.04.001. Epub 2022 Apr 11.
The 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected medical physics and radiation oncology departments and the delivery of radiation therapy. Among the changes implemented in response to the onset of the pandemic was a shift to remote treatment planning by health care institutions. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the overall frequency of errors changed after the implementation of remote radiation therapy treatment planning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reported incidents were obtained from an incident reporting database operated by a multisite cancer care facility in the Northeast. Researchers compared the frequency of reported events in a period prior to the start of the pandemic (March 2019 to February 2020) with a period after the onset of the pandemic (March 2020 to February 2021). No significant increase in reported incidents was detected suggesting the efficiency and safety of remote radiotherapy treatment planning.
2019 冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行对医学物理和放射肿瘤学部门以及放射治疗的实施产生了影响。为应对疫情的爆发而实施的诸多改变中，包括医疗机构转向远程治疗计划。本研究旨在确定 COVID-19 大流行期间实施远程放射治疗计划后，整体错误频率是否发生变化。通过东北多站点癌症护理设施运营的事件报告数据库获取报告事件。研究人员将大流行前（2019 年 3 月至 2020 年 2 月）与大流行后（2020 年 3 月至 2021 年 2 月）期间报告事件的频率进行了比较。未发现报告事件明显增加，这表明远程放射治疗计划的效率和安全性。
