Quality assurance in radiotherapy: The importance of medical physics staffing levels. Recommendations from an ESTRO/EFOMP joint task group

S. Belletti; A. Dutreix; G. Garavaglia; H. Gfirtner; J. Haywood; K. A. Jessen; I. L. Lamm; B. Mijnheer; A. Noël; F. Nüsslin; U. Rosenow; P. Schneider; W. Seelentag; S. Sheriff; H. Svensson; D. Thwaites

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Quality assurance in radiotherapy: The importance of medical physics staffing levels. Recommendations from an ESTRO/EFOMP joint task group

S. Belletti
, A. Dutreix
, G. Garavaglia
, H. Gfirtner
, J. Haywood
, K. A. Jessen
, I. L. Lamm
, B. Mijnheer
, A. Noël
, F. Nüsslin
, U. Rosenow
, P. Schneider
, W. Seelentag
, S. Sheriff
, H. Svensson
, D. Thwaites

Istituto del Radio O. Albert
Leuven University Center for Metabolic Bone Diseases
Gemini Hospital
The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Klinikum Passau
James Cook University Hospital
Aarhus University
Lunds University Hospital
Centre Alexis Vautrin
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Fulda Hospital
Cantonal Hospital St Gallen
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Umeå University Hospital
University of Edinburgh

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Abstract

The safe application of ionising radiation for diagnosis and therapy requires a high level of knowledge of the underlying processes and of quality assurance. Sophisticated modern equipment can be used effectively for complicated diagnostic and therapeutic techniques only with adequate physics support. In the light of recent analyses and recommendations by national and international societies a joint working group of representatives from ESTRO (European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology) and from EFOMP (European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics) was set up to assess the necessary staffing levels for physics support to radiotherapy. The method used to assess the staffing levels, the resulting recommendations and examples of their practical application are described.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	89-94
Number of pages	6
Journal	Radiotherapy and Oncology
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8140(96)91799-5
State	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Core tasks
Medical physics
Quality assurance
Radiotherapy
Staffing levels

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Belletti, S., Dutreix, A., Garavaglia, G., Gfirtner, H., Haywood, J., Jessen, K. A., Lamm, I. L., Mijnheer, B., Noël, A., Nüsslin, F., Rosenow, U., Schneider, P., Seelentag, W., Sheriff, S., Svensson, H., & Thwaites, D. (1996). Quality assurance in radiotherapy: The importance of medical physics staffing levels. Recommendations from an ESTRO/EFOMP joint task group. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 41(1), 89-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8140(96)91799-5

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