Table 7

Characteristics of accreditation requirements for screening mammography programmes in 10 countries, 1998

		Administering body		Frequency of renewal		Accreditation components
		Administering body		Frequency of renewal		Equipment	Personnel^7-1	Results communication	Follow up/ abnormal results	Information systems
National programmes
Australia		Government agency		Triennial		Yes		Education: R,T	Yes		Yes	Yes
Australia		Government agency		Triennial		Yes		Experience: R,T	Yes		Yes	Yes
Iceland	Government agency	Annual	Yes	No	No	No	No
Israel	Government agency	Annual	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Netherlands		Professional association		Annual		Yes		Education: R,T	Yes		Yes	No
Netherlands		Professional association		Annual		Yes		Experience: R,T	Yes		Yes	No
Luxembourg	Government agency	Annual	Yes	No	No	No	No
State, provincial, local programmes
Established
Canada^7-152	Professional association, government agency	Triennial	Yes	Education: R	No	No	No
Sweden^7-152		Professional association		One time		Yes		Education: R,T,M	Yes		Yes	Yes
Sweden^7-152		Professional association		One time		Yes		Experience: R,T	Yes		Yes	Yes
Pilot
Germany^7-151		Government agency		Triennial		Yes		Education: R,T,M	Yes		Yes	Yes
Germany^7-151		Government agency		Triennial		Yes		Experience: R,T	Yes		Yes	Yes
Uruguay		Private sector organisation		Biennial		Yes		Education: R,T	Yes		Yes	No
Uruguay		Private sector organisation		Biennial		Yes		Experience: R,T	Yes		Yes	No
Registry programme
United States^7-2		Professional association, government agency		Triennial		Yes		Education: R,T,M	Yes		No	No
United States^7-2		Professional association, government agency		Triennial		Yes		Experience: R,T	Yes		No	No

↵7-1 Personnel: R = radiologist, T = technologist (radiographer), M = medical physicist.
↵7-2 Accreditation is required of all mammography facilities in the US under the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA).
↵7-151 Denotes programme in implementation.
↵7-152 Denotes countries with a decentralised (subnational) organisation of screening mammography, but in which the totality of organised screening programmes attains national coverage.