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Practice Guideline - Special Collection: SASQART
SASQART: South African standards for quality assurance in radiotherapy
Submitted: 10 March 2025 | Published: 31 May 2025
About the author(s)
Hein Fourie, Medical Physics Centre of Excellence, Netcare Hospitals, Sandton, South AfricaThendo Alidzulwi, Medical Physics Centre of Excellence, Netcare Hospitals, Sandton, South Africa
Willem P.E. Boonzaier, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State and Universitas Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Didier Duprez, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Jonathan Haynes, Yenzakahle Medical Physics Incorporated, Hilton, South Africa
Sonwabile Ngcezu, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Brendon Smith, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Lourens J. Strauss, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State and Universitas Hospital, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Demaré Wahl, Medical Physics Centre of Excellence, Netcare Hospitals, Sandton, South Africa
Christoph J. Trauernicht, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Abstract
The SASQART practice guidelines were set forth by the South African Medical Physics Society & South African Association of Physicists in Medicine and Biology. The intended purpose of this document and the individual topic-specific sections is to provide guidelines as to a minimum set of tests, result tolerances and a minimum frequency of these tests to be performed by medical physicists and radiation therapy staff in a radiation oncology department to promote patient safety. The tests, tolerances and frequencies from the international references have been adapted to realistically reflect the South African working environment and resource availability, while maintaining the highest clinical and scientific quality of care achievable.
Contribution: Replaces the 2014 guidelines, establishing recommended quality assurance standards for radiation oncology in South Africa.
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