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Technical Methodology for an Integrated System of Quality, Safety and Environment Management in the Hospital Nuclear Medicine Unit, Teodoro Maldonado Carbo De Guayaquil-Ecuador
Carlos Enrique Novillo Yaguarshungo1, Ángel Rigoberto Guamán Mendoza2,Jacinto Eduardo Villota Moscoso3 and José Luis Gavidia García4*
1Ingeniero en Mantenimiento, Magister en Gestión Industrial y Sistemas Productivos, Docente de la Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (2013-2017) Ecuador
2Ingeniero Industrial, Magister en Docencia Universitaria e Investigación Educativa, Magister en Seguridad e Higiene Industrial y Ambiental, Vice Decano de la Facultad de Mecánica ESPOCH, Docente de la Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo – Ecuador
3Ingeniero Industrial, Magister en Docencia Universitaria e Investigación Educativa, Docente de la Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador
4Ingeniero Industrial, Magister en Gestión Industrial y Sistemas Productivos, Docente de la Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (2013-2018) Ecuador
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The Nuclear Medicine Technical Unit of the Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital in the city of Guayaquil, provides the service of treatment to patients with thyroid pathologies, using radioactive elements, in view of the relevance of the procedure, a technical methodology is proposed for a integrated quality, safety and environmental management system in this unit, which it allows to identify the existing deficiencies among the activities, processes and procedures that are currently carried out, in correspondence with the fulfillment of the clauses established in the ISO 9001: 2008, ISO 140001 and OSHAS 18001 Standards with the purpose of establishing the necessary actions to improve the safety and quality in the service, obtaining a beneficial result for both the hospital's internal staff and patients. Through the application of the Chi square test, it was generally determined that the unit meets 62.53% with the Integrated Quality, Safety and Environmental Management System, while 37.47% does not comply.

Keywords: Nuclear Medicine, Quality of Service, Audit Processes, Pathology, Thyroid, Radiological Protection, Imaging
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Carlos Enrique Novillo Yaguarshungo, Ángel Rigoberto Guamán Mendoza, Jacinto Eduardo Villota Moscoso and José Luis Gavidia García. 2018. Technical Methodology for an Integrated System of Quality, Safety and Environment Management in the Hospital Nuclear Medicine Unit, Teodoro Maldonado Carbo De Guayaquil-Ecuador.Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev. 6(9): 22-33
doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcrar.2018.609.004
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