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Quality systems Quality systems IAEA ICARO IAEA ICARO Vienna, 2009 Vienna, 2009 Quality Quality The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something System System A set of
Quality Quality System System
The standard of something as measured against
- ther things of a similar kind; the degree of
excellence of something A set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole; a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or interconnecting network
Today Today’ ’s world s world
- More control
More control
- More transparency
More transparency
- Benchmarking
Benchmarking
- Litigations
Litigations Control of quality of care Control of quality of care Hospital performance indicators Hospital performance indicators
Quality Quality assurance in assurance in
- ncology
- ncology
How do How do we assess quality we assess quality? ?
- By
By the results the results ( (outcome
- utcome)?
)?
- By a structural
By a structural analysis analysis? ?
- By
By process process control? control?
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rectal surgery surgery in in function function of
- f the
the surgeon surgeon (n = 13)
(n = 13) at the
at the Royal Royal Infirmary Infirmary (Glasgow) in 645 (Glasgow) in 645 consecutive consecutive patients for patients for the the period period 1974 1974-
- 1979.
1979.
lowest highest C C Cu u ur r ra a at t ti i iv v ve e e r r re e es s se e ec c ct t ti i io
- n
n n r r ra a at t te e e 40 76 3 3 30 0d d d m m mo
- r
r rt t ta a al l li i it t ty y y 8 30 3 3 30 0d d d m m mo
- r
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- n
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- f
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- m
m mo
- t
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- n
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- n
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- n
n n 20 63 2 2 2y y y s s su u ur r rv v vi i iv v va a al l l i i in n n p p pa a al l ll l li i ia a at t ti i iv v ve e e r r re e es s se e ec c ct t ti i io
- n
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(%)
Gillis C et al. Lancet 1991, 337 : 611
Outcome studies Outcome studies
Clarke et al. Lancet, 2005
Outcome is the golden standard Outcome is the golden standard
- However, it always comes too late and reflects
However, it always comes too late and reflects the past. the past.
- Outcome depends on several factors:
Outcome depends on several factors: diagnosis, treatment (RT, CT, surgery), socio diagnosis, treatment (RT, CT, surgery), socio-
- economic factors
economic factors… …etc. etc.
3 3 year disease year disease-
- free
free survival survival in 3 in 3 pediatric solid pediatric solid tumours tumours in in function function of
- f the
the care provider care provider
structure structure for
for the period the period 1970 1970-
- 1979 in Canada.
1979 in Canada.
52 48 79 24 10 68 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 CC NCC medulloblastoma rhabdomyosarcoma Wilm's tumour
Kramer S et al. J Clin Oncol 1984, 2 : 917
Infrastructure Infrastructure and process and process
Recent analysis in UK of aggressive lymphoma tratment
- utcome, according to whether
patients were treated in a cancer centre or not, with or without a formal protocol Cancer centre no protocol General centre Formal protocol General centre no protocol Survival of patients treated for aggressive lymphoma Cancer centre Formal protocol
Total Total Quality Quality Management Management
- I. Aim of the organisation
- I. Aim of the organisation
- Set aims in accordance with available structure
Set aims in accordance with available structure
- Adapt infrastructure according to aims
Adapt infrastructure according to aims
- Take local epidemiology into account
Take local epidemiology into account
- Encourage responsibility sharing rather than
Encourage responsibility sharing rather than competitive development competitive development
- Infrequent pathologies demand for centralised
Infrequent pathologies demand for centralised referral referral
- II. Structure of the organisation
- II. Structure of the organisation
- Organigram
Organigram (hierarchical, (hierarchical, functional) functional)
- Who is responsible for
Who is responsible for what? what?
- Who is in charge of
Who is in charge of quality? quality?
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La Formule du Sexe
- III. Obtaining and maintaining the means and
- III. Obtaining and maintaining the means and
materials for radiotherapy treatment materials for radiotherapy treatment
- Specification for equipment
Specification for equipment
- Acceptance testing
Acceptance testing
- Commissioning and de
Commissioning and de-
- commissioning
commissioning
- On
On-
- going QC
going QC
- Preventive maintenance program
Preventive maintenance program
- Test after repair, etc
Test after repair, etc… …
- IV. Process control
- IV. Process control
- All activities, from the
All activities, from the moment a patient enters moment a patient enters the department until the department until he/she leaves it, should he/she leaves it, should be clearly stated, be clearly stated, described and recorded. described and recorded.
- V. Knowledge and skills
- V. Knowledge and skills
- VI. Control of the quality system
- VI. Control of the quality system
- Regulatory
Regulatory
- Quality indicators
Quality indicators
- Internal audit
Internal audit
- External audit
External audit
- benchmarking
benchmarking
Audit: systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining records, statements of fact or other relevant information and assessing them objectively to determine the extent to which specific requirements are fulfilled (ISO 17000)
Quality indicators Quality indicators
- Relevant.
Relevant.
- Reliable and accurate.
Reliable and accurate.
- Able to detect opportunities for improvements
Able to detect opportunities for improvements
- r to confirm a satisfying or excellent level of
- r to confirm a satisfying or excellent level of
quality. quality.
- Acceptable by the providers and users.
Acceptable by the providers and users.
- Usable in benchmarking programs.
Usable in benchmarking programs.
AGAT R1 6-10 MV 6-10 MV 4 MV Clinac 2100
Total
Tota l N° o f RT treatm ents 1138 432 560 316 476
2922
N° of sessions 19980 10514 10590 7692 8214
56990
N° of fields 29476 36356 29666 25578 18790
139866
Average field/ fraction 1,5 3,5 2,8 3,3 2,9
2,45
Average session / pat ient 17,6 24,33 18,9 24,3 17,3
19,5
Average pat ient/ uni t
584
Average session / un it
27973
Benchmarking Benchmarking
Surgery/radiotherapy delay Surgery/radiotherapy delay
4 6 5 7 15 10 7 7 8 10 7 11 13 10 9 7 8 12 11 12 6 10 6 6 11 N =
HOSPIT
25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
DELAI
120 100 80 60 40 20
- 20
215 211 191 162 138 110 109 96 63 57 42 17
Group Statistics 100 37.0900 11.55146 1.15515 118 40.6780 12.86145 1.18399 100 61.3400 12.73682 1.27368 118 62.8729 11.51925 1.06043 INTERIOR 1 1 DELAI AGE N Mean
- Std. Deviation
- Std. Error
Mean
Belgian audit 2003/2004 (39 d) Belgian audit 2003/2004 (39 d)
Mean 39 days
Radiother Oncol. 2007; 83: 178-86
The The incident triangle incident triangle
Critical incident
Major incident
Serious incident
incident
1 10 10 30 30 600 600
Lack of QA program Lack of QA program
- r QA program
- r QA program
mismanaged mismanaged Audit why this accident did Audit why this accident did happen or why such happen or why such accidents happen? accidents happen? Preventive audit better. Preventive audit better.