Competency information
Details
Perform quality assurance (QA) on the treatment equipment, including source calibration, source strength checks, source positioning, dosimetry and interlock tests, including after a source exchange
Considerations
- Recommended practice (professional body and other guidance)
- Dosimetry chain (reference code of practice)
- National recommendations from professional bodies and guidance notes for relevant legislation
- Local implementation of quality control (QC) schedules within the departmental quality process and associated documentation
- Origin of the parameters that are checked (ie the connection to commissioning)
- Manufacturer’s acceptance procedures and departmental processes, ie based on risk assessment regarding the equipment use
- The impact on the patient of unsafe practice
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Act safely within the brachytherapy environment. |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform routine quality assurance and safety tests on brachytherapy afterloading devices. |