Open AccessInter-departmental dosimetry audits – development of methods and lessons learned
Author(s) -
David Eaton,
Steve Bolton,
Russell Thomas,
Catharine Clark
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of medical physics/journal of medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3913
pISSN - 0971-6203
DOI - 10.4103/0971-6203.170791
Subject(s) - audit , dosimetry , medical physics , computer science , process management , accounting , business , medicine , nuclear medicine
External dosimetry audits give confidence in the safe and accurate delivery of radiotherapy. In the United Kingdom, such audits have been performed for almost 30 years. From the start, they included clinically relevant conditions, as well as reference machine output. Recently, national audits have tested new or complex techniques, but these methods are then used in regional audits by a peer-to-peer approach. This local approach builds up the radiotherapy community, facilitates communication, and brings synergy to medical physics.