Experience and enlightenment of safety reporting and learning system for radiotherapy
10.3969/j.issn.1672-8270.2025.04.029
- VernacularTitle:放射治疗不良事件报告与学习系统的经验与启示
- Author:
Xujun YIN
1
;
Ruting ZHANG
;
Hua JIANG
;
Songbin QIN
;
Long CHEN
Author Information
1. 苏州广慈肿瘤医院放疗科 苏州 215128
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Radiotherapy;
Adverse event;
Safety reporting and learning system for radiotherapy(SAFRON);
Medical quality
- From:
China Medical Equipment
2025;22(4):155-160
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Radiotherapy,as one of the important means of treating cancer,is more prone to medical errors than other treatment methods due to its involvement of a wide variety of equipment,high demands for personnel collaboration,and relatively complex treatment processes.Therefore,the establishment of an effective reporting and learning system for adverse events of radiotherapy is of great significance for ensuring patients'safety and improving healthcare quality.The International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)has established the Safety Reporting And Learning System For Radiotherapy(SAFRON),which constructed comprehensive database and formulated standard procedures of reporting event and analytical methods through collected and analyzed the worldwide cases of adverse event of radiotherapy.At the same time,the SAFRON system emphasizes the cultivation for safety culture,and encourages healthcare professionals to actively report adverse events,and creates a non-punitive learning environment to learn from mistakes and prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.This review introduced the structure and usage method of reporting and learning system of adverse event of SAFRON radiotherapy,so as to understand the using processes,system architecture and security culture of that,which can provide references for the establishment and use of reporting and learning system of adverse event of department,and promote continuous improvement of healthcare quality.
