VicTAG Chemotherapy Audit Toolkit

Key messages

• The Chemotherapy Audit Toolkit is designed for health services to implement best practice management of chemotherapy prescribing variations and to provide auditing methods that are targeted and validated
• The toolkit consists of two elements: a best practice framework for the evidence to patient process and a suite of tools for auditing variations in chemotherapy prescribing
• The tools have been piloted in Victorian hospitals.

The Victorian Therapeutics Advisory Group (VicTAG), supported by the Victorian Government, has commissioned the creation of a Chemotherapy Audit Toolkit for use by health services in Victoria.

To implement a tool:

• Start with the Process and Scope guide, and use the process within to determine scope and exclusions (in conjunction with the Exclusion Guide).
• Use the instructions and tool that relate to your electronic prescribing system (or paper-based if that is relevant).

The toolkit consists of three elements:

• A quality framework and explanatory notes 
• Documents covering the process for implementing a tool
  • VicTAG Tool Process and Scope Guide
  • VicTAG Tool Exclusion Guide 
• A suite of tools covering various Electronic Prescribing Systems and paper-based prescribing
  • CHARM: instructions, tool
  • Paper-based systems: instructions, tool 
  • MOSAIQ: instructions
  • ARIA: instructions, tool
  • Epic: under development
  • Cerner: under development

These documents are publicly available on this website for all health services to use.

Questions and comments can be provided to shaun.oconnor@dhhs.vic.gov.au

 This project was supported by the Victorian Government