
AAPM
American Association of Physicists in Medicine

ACR
American College of Radiology

AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

APSF
Australian Patient Safety Foundation

ASTRO
American Society for Radiation Oncology

EFOMP
European Federation of Οrganisations for Medical Physics

FDA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency

ICRP
International Commission on Radiological Protection

ICRU
International Commission on Radiation Units & Measurements

IRPA
International Radiation Protection Association

ISQua
International Society For Quality And Safety In Healthcare

NPSA
National Patient Safety Agency

NRC
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

UNSCEAR
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation

WHO
World Health Organization – Patient Safety

ASN
Autorité de sûreté nucléaire - ASN

UK Government
Medical radiation: uses, dose measurements and safety advice by Public Health England

Scottish Government
Unintended overexposure of a patient during radiotherapy treatment at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre, in September 2015