title: [Safety and quality assurance management in radiation oncology "what is the role for qualiticians?": example of the Centre Alexis Vautrin].
abstract: Since 2007, the Centre Alexis-Vautrin Cancer Institute in Nancy began its safety and quality assurance management policy in the department of radiation oncology. This development induced a collaborative workflow between the quality unit and the department of radiation oncology, with a definition of the responsibilities. The quality unit provides its methodology for the quality assurance, the professionals of the radiation oncology department their expertise. In parallel, a quality referee was nominated in the radiation oncology department to implement the projects for improvement, linked with the quality assurance unit, and under the control of the radiation oncology department staff.
authors.affiliation: Unité Qualité et Organisation, Centre Alexis-Vautrin, 54511 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy cedex, France. d.aigle@nancy.fnclcc.fr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aigle
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sobczyk
authors.forename: M-L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Androni
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peiffert
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Beckendorf
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Marchesi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Buchheit
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noel
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000592:standards*; D012449:Safety