Affidea’s Contrast Media Management Program aims to enhance patient safety, imaging quality, and sustainability by optimizing contrast media use across its network. The program, which was piloted in Vilnius, resulted in up to 18% less contrast used and 28% radiation dose reduction.
The initiative combines clinical precision, environmental responsibility, and operational efficiency, building on Affidea’s Dose Excellence legacy to promote smarter, safer radiology. By reducing unnecessary contrast use through personalization and standardized protocols, the program aligns with ESG goals by cutting waste and minimizing environmental impact.
Smarter, Safer Imaging
Affidea launched the Contrast Media Management Program to improve safety and sustainability in imaging. The program supports better patient outcomes while championing responsible, high-quality imaging. Contrast media is essential in imaging, but their inappropriate use could compromise image quality, increase radiation dose, and result in unnecessary consumption.
Optimizing contrast use goes beyond improving diagnostic quality; it is about acting responsibly. Ensuring each patient receives the right amount of contrast enhances accuracy and minimizes exposure. Efficient usage reduces waste, limits environmental impact, and supports more sustainable healthcare practices. This balance between clinical excellence and resource stewardship is key, as it enables safer, smarter, and more sustainable imaging across the network. Furthermore, the program’s focus on personalization allows for tailored contrast dosing based on individual patient factors, such as weight, renal function, and clinical indication, which improves safety and minimizes risk.
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Clinical Excellence in Action
Affidea’s approach is strategic and multidisciplinary, built around four core pillars: Patient Safety, Imaging Quality, Operational Efficiency, and Environmental Sustainability. The program is a dynamic, data-driven framework adaptable to each clinical setting, supported by automation, staff training, and real-time monitoring tools.
With a focus on patient safety, diagnostic consistency, and responsible resource use, Affidea is leading a smarter, more sustainable future for radiology. They are achieving this through the program’s success, evident in the pilot at Vilnius Oncology Hospital in Lithuania, where contrast media usage was reduced by up to 18%, and radiation dose was reduced by 28% for CT coronary angiography procedures. The pilot’s results demonstrate the effectiveness of personalized contrast protocols and highlight the potential for improved patient safety and imaging performance while minimizing environmental impact. Additionally, the program’s success can be attributed to its ability to raise awareness among staff about sustainable healthcare delivery, marking a meaningful step forward in responsible radiology.
Building on the Dose Excellence Legacy
Affidea’s Dose Excellence Program has long been a benchmark for radiation safety. The Contrast Media Management Program extends that legacy, expanding the focus beyond radiation to the full scope of patient exposure and resource use. Together, these programs form a framework for safety and quality, ensuring consistently high-quality imaging with minimal necessary exposure for both patients and the planet.
As the demand for medical imaging grows, so does the responsibility to deliver it safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Affidea’s Contrast Media Management Program is a step in this direction, demonstrating that healthcare can be safer, smarter, and more sustainable. It will be scaled across Affidea’s network, with plans to extend optimized protocols to more centers and procedures, scale real-time monitoring tools, and advance contrast administration through data-driven innovation. The program’s scalability and adaptability are key to its success, as it can be tailored to meet the unique needs of each clinical setting, ensuring consistent and high-quality care across the network.
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The program plays a vital role in shaping the future of patient care, operational excellence, and sustainable healthcare. By prioritizing patient safety, diagnostic quality, and environmental responsibility, Affidea is setting a new standard in contrast media management, one that will help deliver exceptional care while protecting both patients and the planet.
They are committed to this goal.
Affidea’s network will benefit from this program.
The program’s impact will be significant, as it has the potential to reduce waste, minimize environmental impact, and support more sustainable healthcare practices across the network. By promoting smarter, safer, and more consistent use of contrast media, Affidea is leading the way towards a more sustainable future for radiology, one that prioritizes patient safety, diagnostic quality, and environmental responsibility.
