Evaluating the attendance of medical staff and room occupancy during palliative radiotherapy.

摘要: Attendance of staff and use resources during treatment have an impact on costs. For palliative radiotherapy, no reliable data are available the subject. Therefore, measurement selected variables (staff absorbance room occupancy) based daily irradiation was aim our prospective study. The analysis is part a larger study conducted by German Society Radiation Oncology (DEGRO). A total 172 radiation treatments were followed up prospectively between October 2009 March 2010. performed at two experienced radiotherapy departments (Herne Bielefeld) evaluated attendance medical personnel occupancy related to steps procedure: planning application dose. Computed tomography for engaged unit 19 min (range: 17–22 min). localization target volume required average 28 min technician’s working time. mean entire (radiation oncologist, physicist, technician) 159 min, while 140 min. Depending type treatment, overall duration session varied 8 18 min. absorbed first (including portal imaging) 8–27 min. Mean 18 min 6–65 min). longest observed initial (mean: 11 min). Radiotherapy sessions with weekly field verifications occupied rooms slightly longer 10 min, range: 4–25 min) than 9 min, 3–29 min). We that patients’ symptoms, their condition, social environment confounded time schedule. Target localization, planning, performance absorb extent comparable nonpalliative treatment. Because unexpected events, schedule before may reveal strong interindividual variability.