title: A quality assurance system based on ISO standards: experience in a radiotherapy department.
abstract: The European radiotherapy society has for many years had a great interest in quality assurance. The EORTC radiotherapy group has put enormous effort into its quality assurance programmes. However, besides programmes for dosimetry and guide-lines for infrastructure, the organisation of a department should also be subject to a quality assurance system. In 1992, in the radiotherapy department in Leiden, a project was started to develop a quality assurance system based on the so-called ISO 9001 quality standards. This paper describes how these standards can be applied to create a quality assurance system in a hospital department.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Leer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corver
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: vd Togt
authors.forename: O J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Buruma
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D005060:Europe; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011050:Policy Making; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical