title: Improvements in brachytherapy quality assurance.
abstract: Quality assurance (QA) for a busy brachytherapy service is a demanding task which requires the involvement of the entire brachytherapy team. This communication describes the QA program for brachytherapy procedures and source identification and inventory which is currently practiced at the Radiation Oncology Center, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Slessinger
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Grigsby
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care