The Medical Physics and Biophysics Laboratory (LFMB) of the Physics Department of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences University of Indonesia held a free diagnostic and interventional Radiology X-ray Aircraft conformity test at three hospitals in East Kalimantan.
The three hospitals are Abdul Wahab Sjahranie Hospital, Samarinda, Pertamina Balikpapan Hospital and Kesdam II Hospital Dr. Hardjanto, Balikpapan. The activity that took place on November 26th – 29th, 2018 was carried out by Ika Bayuadi, MSi, and Leonard Airell Craig, S.Sc. as LFMB UI qualified examiners and Achmad Jundi, S.Si LFMB UI assistant testers.
Supriyanto Ardjo Pawiro, Ph.D. as the Medical Physics teaching staff as well as the head of the LFMB UI, and also the Chairperson of AFISMI (Indonesian Medical Physics Alliance) explained, the LFMB FMIPA UI as one of the licensed Nuclear Energy Supervisory Agency (BAPETEN) to carry out this conformity test to help the owner of a radiology equipment license Obtain an operational license from the National Nuclear Supervisory Agency.
He further explained that the suitability of the Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology X-ray Aircraft is the most important part of the quality assurance program related to the performance aspects of x-ray equipment. This is regulated in nuclear law as an effort to optimize radiation protection for patients. By conducting a suitability test for x-ray equipment owned by a health facility, it will be known the quality of the x-ray equipment used in the service.
Supriyanto also mentioned the basis of this conformity test, referring to BAPETEN Regulation Number 2 of 2018, concerning Conformity Tests for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiological Radiology X-rays. The regulation explained that the X-ray Aircraft Conformity Test is a test to ensure that X-ray aircraft are in a reliable condition, both for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology activities.
He also emphasized the Conformity Test conducted by his team as an effort to ensure that each irradiation parameter on the aircraft has high accuracy, linearity, and stability of its function following device specifications. if a deviation occurs, it must be within the agreed tolerance value.
“So it is clear, the reason for conformity testing is done is that the diagnostic support tools have high-quality standards with high accuracy so that efforts to protect patients are expected to be more optimal,” he said.
The Conformity Test of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Equipment is an LFMB FMIPA UI community engagement program, which is supported by the UI Directorate of Research and Community Engagement with funding for the UI Community Engagement Grant in 2018.
