TY - JOUR
T1 - British Society of Echocardiography Departmental Accreditation Standards 2019 with input from the Intensive Care Society
AU - British Society of Echocardiography Departmental Accreditation and Clinical Standards Committees with input from the Intensive Care Society
AU - Ritzmann, Sarah
AU - Baker, Stephanie
AU - Peck, Marcus
AU - Ingram, Tom
AU - Allen, Jane
AU - Duffy, Laura
AU - Steeds, Richard
AU - Houghton, Andrew
AU - Elkington, Andrew
AU - Bual, Nina
AU - Huggett, Robert
AU - Pearce, Keith
AU - Apostolakis, Stavros
AU - Khalatbari, Afshin
N1 - © 2020 The British Society of Echocardiography.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - This article sets out a summary of standards for departmental accreditation set by the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) Departmental Accreditation Committee. Full accreditation standards are available at www.bsecho.org. The BSE were the first national organisation to establish a quality standards framework for departments that support the practice of individual echocardiographers. This is an updated version which recognises that, not only should all echocardiographers be individually accredited as competent to practice, but that departments also need to be well organised and have the facilities, equipment and processes to ensure the services they deliver are of an appropriate clinical standard. In combination with individual accreditation, departmental accreditation lays down standards to help ensure safe and effective patient care. These standards supersede the 2012 BSE Departmental Accreditation Standards. Standards are set to cover all potential areas of practice, including transthoracic (level 2) echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography, stress echocardiography, training, and emergency (level 1) echocardiography. The emergency echocardiography standard is a new addition to departmental accreditation and has been developed with input from the Intensive Care Society.
AB - This article sets out a summary of standards for departmental accreditation set by the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) Departmental Accreditation Committee. Full accreditation standards are available at www.bsecho.org. The BSE were the first national organisation to establish a quality standards framework for departments that support the practice of individual echocardiographers. This is an updated version which recognises that, not only should all echocardiographers be individually accredited as competent to practice, but that departments also need to be well organised and have the facilities, equipment and processes to ensure the services they deliver are of an appropriate clinical standard. In combination with individual accreditation, departmental accreditation lays down standards to help ensure safe and effective patient care. These standards supersede the 2012 BSE Departmental Accreditation Standards. Standards are set to cover all potential areas of practice, including transthoracic (level 2) echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography, stress echocardiography, training, and emergency (level 1) echocardiography. The emergency echocardiography standard is a new addition to departmental accreditation and has been developed with input from the Intensive Care Society.
KW - Departmental Accreditation
KW - Echocardiography
KW - Guidelines
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082751858&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1530/ERP-19-0045
DO - 10.1530/ERP-19-0045
M3 - Article
C2 - 32190342
SN - 2055-0464
VL - 7
SP - G43-G49
JO - Echo Research and Practice
JF - Echo Research and Practice
IS - 1
ER -