ACR– The American College of Radiology
Nuclear Accreditation
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Nuclear Accreditation Currently both ICANL (Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Laboratories) and ACR (American College of Cardiology) offer Nuclear Accreditation. |
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Nuclear Accreditation Process with ACR
ACR provides laboratory accreditation specific to nuclear medicine testing. ACR Accreditation is offered in the following testing areas:
- Nuclear Cardiology
- Planar
- SPECT
Accreditation with ACR in nuclear medicine is unit based. Every unit used to produce diagnostic clinical images for patients must successfully pass accreditation testing for the facility to be accredited. The facility must apply for all modules that are performed at the site. In addition, the site must apply for all isotopes used on each unit. Information will be collected on the quality control and quality assurance program in place.
Physicists:
The qualified medical physicist is responsible for the conduct of all surveys of the nuclear medicine equipment. The medical physicist must be present or in general supervision of properly trained assistants (and accessible by phone) during the surveys; review, interpret, and approve all data; and provide a report of the conclusions with his/her signature.
For additional information on ACR nuclear accreditation refer to ACR’s website