Quality assurance for screening mammography programmes represented in the International Breast Cancer Screening Network: Structural Components, 1998
| Quality assurance committee | Equipment | Policies and procedures2-1 | Personnel requirements2-2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licensure | Training | Minimum number of examinations | Continuing education | ||||||
| National programmes | |||||||||
| Australia | Yes (Biannual) | Yes | P,C,D,I | R,T,M,S | R,T,M,S | R,T | R,T | ||
| Finland | No | Yes | P,C,D,I | — | R | — | — | ||
| Iceland | No | Yes | P,D,I | — | — | — | R,T | ||
| Israel | Yes (Biannual) | Yes | P,D,I | — | — | — | — | ||
| Luxembourg | Yes (Monthly) | Yes | P,C,D,I | — | T,M | T | T | ||
| Netherlands | Yes (4–6 times/year) | Yes | P,C,D,I | R,T | R,T | R | R,T | ||
| United Kingdom | Yes (Biannual) | Yes | P,C,D,I | T | T,M | R,T | R,T | ||
| State, provincial, local programmes | |||||||||
| Established | |||||||||
| Belgium | Planned | Yes | P,C,D,I | — | R,T,M | — | R,T | ||
| Canada2-152 | Yes (Varies) | Yes | P,C,D | T | R,T | R,T | R,T | ||
| Denmark | Yes (6 times/year) | Yes | P,C,D | R,T,M | R,T | — | R,T | ||
| France2-152 | Yes (Quarterly) | Yes | P,D | R | R,T,M | — | R | ||
| Italy2-152 | Yes (Annual) | Yes | P,C,D,I | — | R,T,S | — | — | ||
| Norway | Yes (Biannual) | Yes | P,C,D,I | S | R,T,S | R | — | ||
| Portugal | Yes (Weekly) | Yes | P,C | R,P | R,T | — | R,T | ||
| Spain | Yes (Weekly) | Yes | P,C,D,I | S | R,T,M,S | R,T | R,T | ||
| Sweden2-152 | Yes (Biannual) | Yes | P,C,D,I | — | R,T | R | — | ||
| Pilot | |||||||||
| Germany2-151 | Yes (Biannual) | Yes | P,C,D,I | R,T,M | R,T,M,S | R,T | R,T | ||
| Greece | Yes (Quarterly) | Yes | P,C,D | R,T,M,S | R,T,M,S | R,T | R,T | ||
| Hungary | Yes (Quarterly) | Yes | P,C,D | — | R,T,M,S | — | R | ||
| Japan | Planned | Yes | P | — | R,T,S | — | — | ||
| Uruguay | Yes (Monthly) | Yes | P,C,D | R,T | R,T | R,T | R,T | ||
| Registry programme | |||||||||
| United States | Yes2-3(Varies) | Yes2-4 | P2-4 | R2-4,T,M | R2-4,T,M | R2-4,T | R2-4,T | ||
↵2-1 Policies and procedures: P = breast positioning, C = communication with women about the screening process, D = minimisation of discomfort, I = breast implants.
↵2-2 Personnel requirements: R = radiologist, T = technologist, M = medical physicist, S = surgeon.
↵2-3 Required for quality control components under the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) of all mammography facilities in the US. In addition, a National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee has been established.
↵2-4 Required of all mammography facilities in the US under the Mammography Quality Standards Act.
↵2-151 Denotes programme in implementation.
↵2-152 Denotes countries with a decentralised (subnational) organisation of screening mammography, but in which the totality of organised screening programmes attains national coverage.