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Here, you’ll find consensus documents, guidelines and other documentation produced by CAPCA and its partners to strengthen and align how cancer care is delivered across the country.

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National System for Incident Reporting – Radiation treatment pilot assessment report, Summary

2025-04-10

The National System for Incident Reporting (NSIR), launched by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) in 2010, is a voluntary, web-based reporting system that collects medication incident data from acute and long-term care facilities.

CPQR-endorsed measures for patient-reported outcomes

2025-04-10

CPQR supports the consistent use of PRO in Canadian radiation treatment programs to improve the clinical encounter for patients. Promoting the use of the same Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) across the country will also help facilitate big data analysis against treatment outcomes which may be used to inform population-based decisions regarding optimal care.

Quality assurance guidelines for Canadian radiation treatment programs

2025-04-10

This document outlines the overarching elements of quality that are important in all radiation treatment programs, together with Key Quality Indicators (KQIs), for periodic programmatic self-assessment and quality improvement.

Technical quality control guideline for treatment planning systems

2025-04-10

This document contains detailed performance objectives and safety criteria for Treatment Planning Systems.

Technical quality control guideline for patient-specific dosimetric measurements for modulated radiation therapies

2025-04-10

This document contains detailed performance objectives and safety criteria for Patient-Specific Dosimetric Measurements for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy.

Technical quality control guidelines for medical linear accelerators and multi-leaf collimators

2025-04-10

This document contains detailed performance objectives and safety criteria for Medical Linear Accelerators and Multileaf Collimators.

Technical quality control guidelines for major dosimetry equipment

2025-04-10

This document contains detailed performance objectives and safety criteria for Major Dosimetry Equipment.

Technical quality control guidelines for magnetic resonance imaging for radiation treatment planning

2025-04-10

This document contains detailed performance objectives and safety criteria for Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Radiation Treatment Planning (MRI for RTP).

Technical quality control guidelines for low dose rate permanent seed brachytherapy

2025-04-10

This document contains detailed performance objectives and safety criteria for Low Dose Rate Permanent Seed Brachytherapy.

Technical quality control guidelines for kilovoltage X-ray radiotherapy machines

2025-04-10

This document contains detailed performance objectives and safety criteria for Kilovoltage X Ray Radiotherapy Machines.

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