The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) are engaged in an ongoing collaborative project to use a rigorous, consensus-based process to develop standards for safe administration of chemotherapy. Current ASCO/ONS standards address safety of all routes of chemotherapy administration to adult patients in the outpatient setting and inpatient setting.
The ASCO/ONS chemotherapy safety standards are intended to reduce the risk of errors when providing adult patients with chemotherapy, and to provide a framework for best practices in cancer care. Specifically, they can inform practice policies and procedures, internal quality assessment, and external quality monitoring.
Learn More: ASCO/ONS Standards for Safe Chemotherapy Administration
Also See: Latest update from the March 2013 Journal of Oncology Practice (JOP) - 2013 Updated American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards Including Standards for the Safe Administration and Management of Oral Chemotherapy
Methodology
Read a description of the ASCO/ONS chemotherapy safety standards process for development, consensus and refinement, and a discussion of the standards and results are available.
References
Below please find a list of articles related to the ASCO/ONS Standards for Safe Chemotherapy Administration.
- Time to Get Serious About Improving the Safety of Oral Chemotherapy, JOP (2013)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Safety Standards, JOP (2013)
- 2013 Updated American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards Including Standards for the Safe Administration and Management of Oral Chemotherapy, JOP (2013)
- Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification Program: Measuring Implementation of Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards in the Outpatient Oncology Setting, JOP (2013)
- Implementation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Safety Standards: A Multidisciplinary Approach, CJON (2012)
- Time to Focus on Inpatient Safety: Revision of the American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards, JCO (2012)
- Revisions to the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards: Expanding the Scope to Include Inpatient Settings, JOP (2012)
- US Cancer Center Implementation of ASCO/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards, JOP (2012)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards, JCO (2009)
We invite your comments on the ASCO/ONS Standards. Please contact us at cancerquality@asco.org.
