Standards for the Delivery of Ambulatory Chemotherapy

Contributing to the safe delivery of outpatient chemotherapy

The Partnership, Accreditation Canada, the Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies and front-line service providers are working  together to develop and implement a set of standards that will contribute to the safe delivery of outpatient chemotherapy across the country.

Progress to date

• An Advisory Committee with representation across disciplines and jurisdictions developed a comprehensive set of ambulatory systemic cancer therapy standards that were piloted at four locations across Canada.
• Broad, web-based stakeholder engagement sessions were held to seek feedback on these standards. The resulting responses and suggested changes informed adjustments that will ensure the feasibility of using the standards in a clinical setting and will inform development of evaluation criteria for the implementation of the standards in the accreditation process.
• An implementation strategy has been developed to support the cancer control community with rollout of the standards in September 2011, during Accreditation Canada’s annual release of new standards.