The Australian clinical dosimetry service: The development and delivery of a national dosimetry audit

I. M. Williams; J. Kenny; J. E. Lye; J. Lehmann

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-29305-4_318

The Australian clinical dosimetry service: The development and delivery of a national dosimetry audit

I. M. Williams, J. Kenny, J. E. Lye, J. Lehmann

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Abstract

In February 2011, the Australian Government formally launched the Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service, ACDS, a three year trial to determine whether an independent auditing service can provide dosimetric and thus clinical support to radiation therapy patients and staff within Australia. The ACDS has designed a three level audit program, each succeeding level with a more complex and challenging geometry. Level I is operational, Level II is in final development and Level III is in preliminary testing. This ACDS is similar to other audit programs internationally, but is unique in its coverage, national participation, audit design and final review process. Now a year into operation, the philosophy behind the audit design, initial results and future projections are reviewed and discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	IFMBE Proceedings
Pages	1215-1218
Number of pages	4
Volume	39 IFMBE
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29305-4_318
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering - Beijing, China Duration: May 26 2012 → May 31 2012

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Other	World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	5/26/12 → 5/31/12

Keywords

Audit
dosimetry
measurement
radiotherapy

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Biomedical Engineering
Bioengineering

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