Introduction: This study is to determine the quality of TLD Reader perfor- Supporting authors to publish in gold open access
open access through
mance from variations calibration doses with Cs-137. Doses given are 2 mSv,
3 mSv, 5 mSv, 7.5 mSv and 10 mSv. The purpose is to determine the per-
formance quality of the TLD Reader and the accuracy of dose readings from
different calibration dose.
Methods: This type of research is quasi-experimental with factorial design. The
sample is TLD Harshaw’s of 110 cards used for reading the equivalent dose of
the body. The test data was obtained by testing 5 sets of TLD cards, each set
is consists of 8 calibration cards and 14 field cards. Analysis for calibration fac-
tors, bias and measurement accuracy using the ANSI procedure, for calibration
curves using regression, and measurement uncertainty using the ISO GUM
procedure.
Results: The result of the study is calibration doses of 2 mSv and 3 mSv did
not pass the performance criteria, dose 2 mSv had a bias, and dose 3 mSv had
a performance exceeding tolerance. Doses 5 mSv, 7,5 mSv and 10 mSv pass all
performance criteria, that’s mean they have good calibration factor, unbiased,
good accuracy, homogeneous calibration curve and measurement uncertainty
of less than 30%.
Conclusion: The best level of measurement accuracy is obtained from dose 10
mSv, dose 7,5 mSv and the last dose is 5 mSv.
Keywords: Performance of TLD, Dose calibration, Calibration of TLD
Reader, TLD Dosemeter
Factors affecting patient satisfaction during radiology service: a
university hospital experience
A Vanckavičienė 1,2, K Domarkas 3, S Lukoševičius 4
1 - Department of Nursing, Medical Academy, Lithuanian
University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
2 - Department of Medical Technology and dietetics, Kaunas
University of Applied Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
3 - Department of Radiology, Hospital of Lithuanian University of
Health Sciences Kauno klinikos, Kaunas, Lithuania
4 - Department of Radiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian
University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Introduction: Evaluation of patient satisfaction are periodically conducted in
many healthcare institutions with the aim to provide safe and patient-centred
health care services. Assessing factors influencing patient satisfaction towards
radiological service is a key element in improvement patient radiology service.
Aim of the study - to assess factors influencing patient satisfaction during radi-
ology services at university hospital.
Methods: The study was conducted in university hospital of Lithuania for 1
month period. Was used authors designed questionnaire. The study involved
in all 107 respondents who agreed to participate in the study after outpatient
radiology procedure.
Results: Most of the participants who took part in the study were females. For
more than a third the radiological examination was performed 4-6 times in the
last 2 years, almost half were performed X-ray. All respondents describe that
very important or important for them clearly and comprehensibly presented
information about the procedure process, risks and duration. Ensuring patient
privacy, carrying out the examinations at the appointed time, the politeness of
the staff mentioned as important factors for patient satisfaction. For more than
half of the respondents, the cleanliness and convenience of environment, the
time of submitting the report, clear and pleasant answers to the questions of
concern are very important.
Conclusion: The mostly patients’ satisfaction is positively influenced by
clear and comprehensive presented information about procedure, communi-
cation, ensuring privacy, fast collection of their radiological reports and a well-
equipped environment.
Keywords: patient satisfaction, radiology service
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global institutional transformational agreements: Will this
become the new normal in medical radiation sciences?
C Agustin 1,2, S Goudie 3, P Kane 4
1 - Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre Westmead, Sydney, NSW,
Australia
2 - Blacktown Cancer and Haematology Centre, Sydney, NSW,
Australia
3 - Wiley, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
4 - University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Introduction: A Transformational Agreement (TA) is an open access (OA)
publication agreement between a publisher and an institution or funder en-
abling authors to publish in gold OA without any direct cost to the author.
This study aimed to (1) identify any trends in gold OA publication in hybrid
journals (subscription with OA option) that publish medical radiation sciences
(MRS) content before and after establishing Council of Australian University
Librarians (CAUL) TA and (2) the number of articles published in Journal of
Medical Radiation Sciences (JMRS) (full OA) by authors affiliated to interna-
tional institutions with a TA.
Methods: Five MRS professionals selected CAUL TA eligible journals that
publish MRS content. The number of articles with Creative Commons (CC)
licence with affiliated authors from Australia (AUS) and New Zealand (NZ) in
2021 (before CAUL TA) and 2022 were searched in PubMed Central. In ad-
dition, the number of JMRS articles published under TA were searched from
2020-2022.
Results: The 21 selected CAUL journals and CC publications by AUS and
NZ authors in 2021-July 2022 includes: Supportive Care in Cancer (2021
AUSn=13, NZn=0; 2022 AUSn=22, NZn=1), Ultrasound in Obstetrics and
Gynaecology (2021 AUSn=7, NZn=0; 2022 AUSn=0, NZn=0), European
Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (2021 AUSn=6, NZn=0;
2022 AUSn=6, NZn=2), Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (2021 AUSn=5,
NZn=1; 2022 AUSn=0, NZn=0) and Journal of Medical Imaging and Radia-
tion Oncology (2021 AUSn=2, NZn=0; 2022 AUSn=0, NZn=0).The num-
ber of JMRS articles published under TA are n=1 (2020), n=2 (2021) and
n=0 (July 2022).
Conclusion: There is a slow uptake of AUS/NZ authors publishing in gold
OA. Authors are encouraged to check the publisher’s website if eligible to pub-
lish with no direct cost. All are encouraged to discuss with their institutional
librarians to participate in TA. A review of all journals with MRS content is
recommended.
Keywords: open access, transformational agreements, medical radiation sci-
ences, Creative Commons
COVID-19: Changes in Radiographers’ Infection Control
Practices in Malaysia
NAI Che Mut 1, Zain N Mohd 1,2, KD Jesudoss 2
1 - Research Management Centre, KPJ Healthcare University
College, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
2 - School of Health Sciences, KPJ Healthcare University College,
Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Introduction: The high sensitivity of chest radiography and computed tomog-
raphy (CT) examinations in detecting lung changes during the SARS out-
break emerged as essential diagnostic tests in managing infections. However,
the provision of diagnostic examination to patients suspected or confirmed with
COVID-19 can be challenging, as radiographers are at a high risk of infection
due to contact with patients. Adherence to the standard protocols of infection
control measures lessens the risk of infectious disease transmission and safe-
guards healthcare workers, patients, and limits hospital cross infection. Thus,
it is crucial to assess the change of practice and its comparison between the
healthcare sectors.