Radiology centres live under two spotlights at once: clinical quality and radiation safety. The GAHAR Handbook for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology Centers Accreditation Standards, First Edition 2022 (effective October 2022), joins them into one survey with 16 National Safety Requirements — and any single unmet NSR means rejection. From patient identification to the radiation safety programme to interventional time-outs, every requirement needs a controlled document and a living record behind it.
Where radiology surveys are won and lost
The 2022 standard covers the chapters generic systems handle — access, medication safety, IPC, facility safety — plus two that are pure radiology: MRS (medical radiological services, including radiological hazards and the radiation safety programme) and IRS (interventional radiology, with site marking, pre-invasive verification and time-out). Surveyors also test evidence retrieval: if a record takes more than half an hour to find, it may as well not exist.
A 72-document system mapped to every NSR
The AGS Radiology Quality, Radiation Safety & Patient Care Management System implements all 16 NSRs, each traced to a specific SOP. The Compliance Matrix supports one evidence binder per chapter — built for the 30-minute retrieval rule — and the Survey Readiness Master Checklist doubles as your baseline gap assessment across every chapter and every NSR.
The package includes:
- 1 Quality Manual and 6 policies
- 26 SOPs — including radiation safety, interventional verification and time-out, and critical findings
- 20 ready-to-use forms plus a Master Records Register & Retention Schedule
- 12 audit checklists, including the Survey Readiness Master Checklist
- 3 guidance documents — Compliance Matrix, Implementation Roadmap, Survey Readiness Guide
- 3 training documents, including a staff awareness course
Close every NSR first — then polish everything else
Score your centre with the master checklist, close the NSR gaps, and follow the 12-month roadmap with its 90-day quick wins. The system is an instant digital download of fully editable Microsoft Word files. Get the AGS Radiology Management System — GAHAR First Edition 2022 — from AGS today.
Product: GAHAR-Radiology-Management-System-2022 — available as an instant-download, fully editable package from AGS (SKU AGS-02-006).