The ISRRT

is the Voice of Radiography and Therapy radiation professionals, worldwide.

ISRRT Mission Statement
" To improve the standards of delivery and practice of medical imaging and radiation therapy throughout the world by acting as the international liaison organisation for medical radiation technology and by promoting Quality Patient Care, Education and Research in the radiation medicine sciences".

ISRRT Board Members

Standing: Philippe Gerson, Maria Law,Dimitris Katsifarakis (Chief Executive Support Services) Fozy Peer (President), Terry Ell, Tan Chek Wee, Alain Cromp, Stewart Whitley,
Sitting: Sharon Wartenbee, Sandy Yule (ex-CEO), Napapong Pongnapang, Donna Newman

ISRRT World Congress 2018

Trinidad and Tobago, 12-15 April 2018

Hyatt Hotel, Port of Spain

For further information click on:

www.isrrt2018.org.tt

and for abstracts and queries click on:

abstracts@isrrt2018.org.tt

queries@isrrt.2018.org.tt

Associate Members

Join as an Associate Member,helping the work of the ISRRT.

Associate Membership shall be open to individuals wishing to support the objects of the Society and who support the use of improved diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in medical imaging, radiation therapy, and associated sciences.

For application form to renew or become a new Associate Member, click:

Associate Application.doc

For payment click on Payment Method shown below

One year Associate Member Subscription £10.00 includes administration charge - click below

Three year Associate member Subscription £22.00 includes administration charge - click "Buy Now"

DONATIONS

The ISRRT is a UK Charity/not for profit organisation and depends on donations being received. All of those who work for ISRRT do so on a voluntary basis and all donations are used to improve the education of those working in radiation medicine in order to enhance the health of patients.

All donations are gratefully received - for payment click below

IAEA launches new E-learning

please visit: https://rpop.iaea.org/RPOP/RPoP/Content/News/10-e-learning.htm

The IAEA has created e-learning program designed to provide continuing education to medical imaging professionals in safety and quality in computed tomography (CT).

“Radiation dose management in CT” provides continuing education to health professionals on the safe and effective use of computed tomography (CT). This e-learning course explores the technical applications of patient radiation protection in CT imaging and is available to participants all around the world.

ISRRT Announcements

"Radiographer of the Year 2016"

The ISRRT and Philips are delighted to announce that the winner of DoseWise Radiography of the Year 2016 is Mr.IM Seyoung

who is currently a Radiological Technologist at the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea.

ISRRT Chesney Research Award

The ISRRT Board are delighted to announce that the award has been made to:

Rebekah Goulston and team

Dental Radiology Department

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, for the paper:

"An investigation into the effectiveness of thyroid shielding as a dose optimisation tool when carrying out radiographic imaging prior to, or during, orthodontic treatment on children"

Annual Scientific Meeting of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy 2017

24th - 26th March, 2017, Perth, Western Australia

Member prices apply to all ISRRT Delegates

For information please contact: www.asmmirt.com/2017

World Radiography Educational Trust Foundation

For information please contact: www.wretf.org

Free book available for download

"Communicating Radiation Risks in Paediatric Imaging"

A tool for healthcare workers.

Download on:

www.who.int/entity/ionizing_radiation/pub_meet/radiation-risks-paediatric-imaging/en/

20th ISRRT World Congress in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

The 20th ISRRT World Congress will be held in Port of Spain, Trinidad

Dates are 12th - 15th April, 2018

For more information email:

abstracts@isrrt2018.org.tt

queries@isrrt2018.org.tt

or click on:

www.isrrt2018.org.tt

or

www.soradtt.com
WHO Bulletin July 2016
Highlights from the July 2016 issue:
Laws need reviewing for universal health coverage
Improving the reporting of health estimates
India grapples with air pollution problem
Interview: Jeffrey Sachs speaks about health and climate change
Health policy research lacking in many countries
Marketing of unhealthy food and drinks to children
The burden of traffic crashes in 15 countries

You can now read the Bulletin on a variety of different formats. The journal is now available on electronic publishing devices, Kindle readers and as a Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) digital talking book.

Complete list of contents for Volume 94, Number 7, July 481-556.
IAEA-EANM Webinar Series on Basic Nuclear Medicine and Paediatric Nuclear Medicine

Following the vision of the Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section (NMDI), Division of Human Health of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to support Member States to improve their capabilities in these medical fields, the NMDI Section, together with the European Society of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) present you a selection of recorded seminars from the series on “Basic Nuclear Medicine”. We are glad to inform you that subsequent seminars in the same series and in “Paediatric Nuclear Medicine”, will be released on a weekly basis beginning from today, each Monday of the week.

For list of seminars click here: IAEA Seminars.docx

New seminars in the ‘Basic Nuclear Medicine’ series have been released. To access them please visit the IAEA Human Health Campus website or go straight to the following link;

https://humanhealth.iaea.org/HHW/NuclearMedicine/Webinars/Basic_Nuclear_Medicine/index.html

Be on the lookout for a new seminar every Monday in the Basic and Paediatric Nuclear Medicine Series
WHA67.20 �Regulatory system strengthening for medical products�

Based on the 67th World Health Assembly Resolution WHA67.20 “Regulatory system strengthening for medical products” adopted in 2014, WHO has undertaken a series of activities to scale up and strengthen regulatory capacities worldwide.

For the purpose of this resolution, medical products include medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and medical devices. It states the importance of the regulations of medical devices as one of the medical products, for better public health outcome and to increase access to safe, effective and quality medical products; and acknowledges the need to support the area of medical devices. The complete text of the Resolution, in the 6 WHO official languages are available.

WHA67.20 resolution links Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish

Activities related to regulations of medical devices:

1.       2016 WHO Global Model regulatory Framework for Medical Devices Please find attached and in our main webpage, http://www.who.int/medical_devices/en/ the draft document to support Member States in ensuring the quality and safety of medical devices.

                which is open for a public consultation, therefore you are cordially invited to submit your comments in the attached format, before 2^nd September, 2016.

2.       ICDRA 2016, will be the 17^th International Conference of Drug Regulatory authorities, which includes other health products, particulary medical devices, organized by WHO and Department of Health of the Republic of South Africa and the Medicines Control Council. .

a.       Take place in Capetown, South Africa, http://www.icdra.co.za/ Please register by 31 August!

                                                               i.      PREICDRA, 27-28 November, 2016 for industry, civil society, scientific and non governmental organizations, ( fee 500 USD per person)

                                                             ii.      ICDRA, 29 November to 2 December, ( closed only to national regulatory authorities, no registration fees are imposed, only pre registration )

3.       IMDRF BRAZIL SEPTEMBER 2016.

a.       , WHO is an official observer and the next meeting will take place in Florianopolis, 12 o 15 September, http://www.imdrf.org/meetings/meetings.asp

b.      Registration of participants to the open stakeholders meeting is http://imdrf.anvisa.gov.br/