Ultraschall Med 2020; 41(04): 387-389
DOI: 10.1055/a-1010-6018
Guidelines & Recommendations
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EFSUMB Clinical Safety Statement for Diagnostic Ultrasound – (2019 revision)

EFSUMB-Statement über die klinische Sicherheit der Ultraschalldiagnostik – (2019 Revision)
Christian Kollmann
1   Center for Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, Medical University Vienna, Austria
,
Klaus-Vitold Jenderka
2   Department of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Merseburg, Germany
,
Carmel M. Moran
3   University-BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Edinburgh-University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
,
Ferdinando Draghi
4   Institute of Radiology, University of Pavia, IRCCS-Foundation, San Matteo Medical Center, Pavia, Italy
,
J. F. Jimenez Diaz
5   Castilla La Mancha University Education Faculty of Toledo – Sport Sciences Faculty Toledo, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
6   UCAM – Sport Medicine Department Murcia, Murcia, Spain
,
Ragnar Sande
7   Stavanger University Hospital – Department of obstetrics and gynecology, Stavanger, Norway
8   University of Bergen – Department of clinical science, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
› Author Affiliations
Further Information

Publication History

04 July 2019

20 August 2019

Publication Date:
08 October 2019 (online)

Abstract

This document is the updated 2019 revision of the EFSUMB Clinically Safety Statement. A Safety Statement has been published by EFSUMB annually since 1994 by the Safety Committee (ECMUS) of the federation. The text is deliberately brief and gives a concise overview of safety in the use of diagnostic ultrasound.

Zusammenfassung

Dieses Dokument ist die 2019 aktualisierte Revision des EFSUMB-Clinically-Safety-Statements. Diese Stellungnahme zur Sicherheit wird von der EFSUMB seit 1994 jährlich durch das Sicherheitskomitee (ECMUS) der EFSUMB veröffentlicht. Der Text ist bewusst kurz gehalten und gibt einen prägnanten Überblick über die Sicherheit bei Anwendung des diagnostischen Ultraschalls.