The Australian Clinical Dosimetry Service:The development and delivery of a national dosimetry audit

摘要

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.