REPEAT RADIOGRAPHY ANALYSIS AND CORRECTIVE MEASURES IN A PRIVATE MEDICAL COLLEGE AND TEACHING HOSPITAL

Aims and objectives: The primary goal of this study is to identify the body parts that undergorepeated radiographic examinations the most frequently and the prevalent causes of these examinations.

Materials and Methods: A prospective study was carried out in the Department of Radio-Diagnosis and Imaging to investigate the reasons behind repeated radiography in a private university hospital in India. A total of 6832 samples were evaluated between November 1, 2021, and April 30, 2022.

Discussion: Repetition of a patients radiographic projection can be caused by several circumstances.

The common factors found in this study are collimation error, wrong centering, patient motion and incorrect positioning, appearance of artifacts owing to insufficient patient preparation at times and patient non-cooperation like patient motion. Repeat radiographs using the computed radiography technology are influenced by a plethora of circumstances. These variables include technical parameters chosen,the patients Body Mass Index (BMI)and the patients level of preparation.

Conclusion: Repeat radiography plays an important role as a key indicator in evaluating the quality of the service provided by the medical imaging department and gives us an insight on whether the dose rates are within the given guidelines or not.