Definitions

Question 1

Tumour Board

Answer 1

Multi-disciplinary physician conferences

Can be used to determine the appropriate combination and coordination of therapies for each individual patient case

Question 2

Quality Control

Answer 2

Entails the evaluation of actual operating performance characteristics of a device or system, comparing it to desired goals and acting on the difference

Includes activities that impose specific quality on a process

Question 3

Quality Assurance

Answer 3

Includes all activities that demonstrate the level of quality achieved by the output of a process

Essential for Quality Management for most devices and systems, as they can check the output of potentially complication decisions or actions performed by the system.

In regards to RT:
* All procedures that ensure consistency of the medical prescription, and safe fulfilment of that prescription, as regards the dose to the target volume, together with minimal dose to normal tissue, minimal exposure of personnel and adequate patient monitoring aimed at determining the end result of the treatment

Question 4

Hazard Analysis

Answer 4

The active evaluation of the potential for failures that will cause incorrect results or harm to the patient

Helps delineate issues which can benefit from QC, QA, training and other mitigation strategies

Question 5

Standard Operating Procedures

Answer 5

Describe treatment approach and provide consistent protocols for staff

Essential component of any practice

Question 6

Quality Standards

Answer 6

‘Quality standards’ is the set of accepted criteria against which the quality of the activity in question can be assessed.

Question 7

Peer Review

Answer 7

Includes:
* Subjective reviews
* Departmental audits - input and feedback of performance
* Performance reviews