Overview
ROSIS is an acronym for Radiation Oncology Safety Information System. ROSIS was established to facilitate the exchange of information on radiotherapy incidents and their corrective actions, through web-based reporting and the creation of a common database. The system was developed under the auspices of the RTT Committee by a small group of RTTs and Physicists.
ROSIS aims to establish an international reporting system in radiation oncology, and to use this system to reduce the occurrence of incidents in RO
- By enabling RO departments to share and view reports on incidents
- By collecting and analysing information on the occurrence, detection, severity and correction of RO incidents
- By disseminating these results and generally promoting awareness of incidents and a safety culture in RO
To achieve this, ROSIS provides a means by which information on incidents and near-incidents is confidentially collected through web report forms. These report forms are then de-identified, and the text of the report is made available at www.rosis.info. Reports are analysed to learn about the occurrence and prevention of mistakes in radiotherapy.
There are currently 68 departments registered with ROSIS, 54 within Europe, and 14 external to Europe - in North America, Canada, Australia, South America, Asia and Africa. More than 900 incident and near-incident reports have been received.
ROSIS analyses these reports, and circulates newsletters based on these analyses. ROSIS has also created an annual short course (3 ½ days) on Risk Management – Working Towards Safer Health Care Delivery. See www.rosis.info for further information.
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