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X-ray, C-arm and dental QA

The reading stays with the machine.

The Quality Assurance System keeps a service visit in one place. The site and the equipment are on file. An engineer is assigned. kV, mA, leakage and the protection survey are recorded on that job. The report and the certificate come from the same record.

Service requestJob cardQA readingsReportCertificate
Operating voltage kV test recorded against an X-ray machine Illustrative product view. Names and sites are examples.

Three reasons a QA desk stays with it.

One job, start to certificate.

The service request, the engineer, the readings, the report and the certificate stay on the same equipment. The office does not rebuild the visit in a new file.

The tests are already on the form.

Operating voltage, mA and mAs linearity, time linearity, output consistency, leakage, dose and the protection survey have a place to be entered.

The office can see the work.

Reports open by engineer and by equipment. A finished job can be reopened. The certificate can be downloaded when the readings are in.

From the request to the certificate.

One machine. One visit. The numbers do not move to a separate sheet at the end.

01

Request

Site, equipment and the machines to be tested.

02

Engineer

Assign the service engineer and open the job card.

03

Readings

kV, mA, time, output, leakage and the survey.

04

Report

The QA report is downloaded from that job.

05

Certificate

The certificate and the feedback form follow the same record.

Without a desk

  • The visit lives in a phone call
  • Readings sit in a notebook
  • The report is typed again later
  • The certificate is a separate file
  • Last year’s test is hard to find

With the QA system

  • The site and the machine are on file
  • The engineer is on the job card
  • Each test has its readings
  • The report downloads from the job
  • The certificate stays with that equipment

One X-ray, one visit.

An example, so you can see the path. This is not a live hospital.

Morning

The request is raised.

City Care Hospital needs QA on the fixed X-ray in room 2. The machine is already on the equipment list.

Same day

Meera is assigned.

The job card names the site, the equipment and the engineer.

On site

The readings go in.

kV, mA and mAs, time linearity, output consistency, leakage, and the protection survey of the room.

After

The report and the certificate.

The office downloads the QA report, then the certificate, from the same job.

The same path, on the screens.

These views are examples. The equipment types in the system are fixed X-ray, C-arm and dental X-ray.

1. Equipment on file

Each machine sits under its site, with the last QA date and the next due date.

Equipment list with a fixed X-ray and its next QA date

2. Service request

A request names the site, the equipment, the engineer and whether the job is new, in progress or ready for the report.

Service request list for X-ray, C-arm and dental equipment

3. Job card

The engineer is assigned here. The job card is what they take to the machine.

Job card with site, equipment and assigned engineer

4. The readings

Operating voltage, mA and mAs linearity, exposure time, output consistency, leakage, patient dose where it applies, the room survey, and temperature and humidity.

kV test readings entered for a fixed X-ray

5. QA report

Pass or recorded, test by test. Download the report from the job. Open the same work by engineer or by equipment.

QA report checklist for an X-ray visit

6. Certificate

The certificate uses the same equipment and the same test date. Download it when the job is finished. A feedback form can go out with it.

Quality assurance certificate ready to download

What is included.

Sites and equipment

Hospitals and clinics, and the fixed X-ray, C-arm or dental unit at each site.

Service engineers

The people who go on site, assigned to a request.

Service request and job card

What is to be tested, who is going, and the card for that visit.

QA measurements

kV, mA and mAs, time, output consistency, leakage, dose, room survey, temperature and humidity.

Reports

Download the QA report. Review work by engineer or by equipment. Reopen a job if a reading must change.

Certificate

Generate the QA certificate from the finished job, with the site seal and a feedback form.

Questions before you start.

Which machines does it cover?

Fixed X-ray, C-arm and dental X-ray. Each type has its own set of readings.

Where do the test numbers go?

On the job, against that equipment. The report and the certificate read from those readings.

Can a finished job be opened again?

Yes. A QA job can be reopened if a reading or the certificate needs a correction.

Who sees which jobs?

Users have their own login. Add, edit and delete can be limited by role.

What is this not?

It is not a software-testing tool and it is not a hospital information system. It is the desk for imaging-equipment QA: request, engineer, readings, report and certificate.

Put the next QA visit on one job.

Message us and we will walk you through it.