From: Characterization of radiographers’ mammography practice in five European countries: a pilot study
Estonia | Finland | Norway | Portugal | Switzerland | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Detector stability test and flat-field phantom image | ||||||
Never | 1 (13) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (11) | 8 (6) |
Daily | 7 (87) | 37 (97) | 8 (89) | 10 (56) | 7 (11) | 69 (50) |
Weekly | 0 | 0 | 1 (11) | 2 (11) | 49 (74) | 37 (52) |
Monthly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (11) | 3 (4) | 5 (4) |
Quarterly or semi-annually | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 4 (22) | 0 | 5 (4) |
QC test object and full-field artefacts | ||||||
Never | 4 (51) | 0 | 6 (67) | 2 (11) | 5 (8) | 17 (12) |
Daily | 2 (25) | 24 (63) | 2 (22) | 1 (6) | 0 | 29 (21) |
Weekly | 1 (12) | 11 (29) | 0 | 8 (44) | 59 (90) | 79 (57) |
Monthly | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 3 (17) | 1 (1) | 5 (4) |
Quarterly, semi-annually or annually | 1 (12) | 2 (5) | 1 (11) | 4 (22) | 1 (1) | 9 (6) |
Artefacts | ||||||
Never | 1 (12) | 0 | 1 (11) | 3 (18) | 2 (3) | 7 (5) |
Daily | 1 (12) | 27 (71) | 1 (11) | 11 (62) | 25 (38) | 65 (47) |
Weekly | 5 (64) | 6 (16) | 6 (67) | 1 (5) | 38 (58) | 56 (40) |
Monthly | 0 | 3 (8) | 0 | 2 (10) | 1 (1) | 6 (4) |
Quarterly, semi-annually or annually | 1 (12) | 2 (5) | 1 (11) | 1 (5) | 0 | 5 (4) |
Monitor QC | ||||||
Never | 6 (76) | 4 (11) | 7 (78) | 9 (50) | 8 (12) | 34 (25) |
Daily | 0 | 9 (24) | 1 (11) | 2 (11) | 5 (8) | 17 (12) |
Weekly | 1 (12) | 13 (34) | 0 | 4 (22) | 44 (67) | 62 (45) |
Monthly | 0 | 5 (13) | 0 | 1 (6) | 4 (6) | 10 (7) |
Quarterly, semi-annually or annually | 1 (12) | 7 (18) | 1 (11) | 2 (11) | 5 (7) | 16 (11) |
Printer/laser printer | ||||||
Never | 0 | 34 (90) | 0 | 15 (83) | 42 (64) | 91 (66) |
Daily | 3 (37) | 1 (3) | 4 (44) | 2 (11) | 3 (4) | 13 (9) |
Weekly | 4 (50) | 0 | 5 (56) | 0 | 11 (17) | 20 (14) |
Monthly | 1 (13) | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 4 (6) | 6 (4) |
Quarterly, semi-annually or annually | 0 | 2 (4) | 0 | 1 (6) | 6 (9) | 9 (7) |