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what to do when / if the unit is down
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:56 pm
by sandra_mazzeo
looking for input to policy on what others are doing when AlignRt unit is down. Do you cancel the patient, treat with free breathing? if using free breathing, do you run a new plan or treat with breath hold and no monitor? Thanks for your assistance.
Re: what to do when / if the unit is down
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:09 am
by ellen_herron_bsrtt
Sandra,
Our unit has never been down for an extended period of time (days). Usually restarting computer and cameras fix most glitches we encounter. If it were to be down for a day then we would cancel our DIBH patients. If the system were down for multiple days, we have the option to send our patients to another center within our system. Depending on MD, patient preference and how long the system were down our other options to consider would be the patient taking a break until system came back up or re-planning off free breathing scan. Since we take FB and DIBH scans during initial CT, no extra scan would be required helping to speed up the planning process. We would not treat a DIBH patient in DIBH position without a way to monitor and confirm correct position.
Hope this helps!
Re: what to do when / if the unit is down
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:24 am
by daniel_vetterli
Hi Sandra
We have two units and both were never down for a longer period (i.e. more that an hour or so). As Ellen mentioned, restarting software, computer or cameras usually helps. In addition we are in a favorite situation as we have two systems on beam matched machines. So we always have a backup system.
Daniel