Importance of Appling Quality Control in Elgadida X-Ray Department of K.T.H

Abstract

Due to the importance of the QA and QC are important in many field related to radiology field to improve the medical service. In this study iii evaluation of the importance of applying QA in Elgadida department in Khartoum Teaching Hospital was carried out. The study period was from February – September 2004.In the study several methods of data collection were adopted, such as observation, interviewing, questionnaire, performance of x- ray tube and generator, and darkroom test. It was found out that there is no QA program in Elgadida department that result on bad image quality beside there is defect in focal spot size. The darkroom is not suitable for proper work this clear from the negative results of tests this improved by QA. By applying partial QA program in Elgadida department (film rejection analysis) an improvement of performance and image quality was noticed. The repeated films were decreased by 14%, which lead to reduce the cost.