At home chemotherapy guidelines

Practice guidelines Patient selection criteria for at-home cancer chemotherapy - formal consensus - September 2003 _________________________________________________________________________ ANAES/ Guidelines Department / September 2003 Patient selection criteria for at-home cancer chemotherapy Synopsis ______________________ Title Patient selection criteria for at-home cancer chemotherapy Publication date September 2003 Type of document Practice guidelines Intended for All those who may be involved in at-home chemotherapy: drug prescribers (oncologists or specialists), nurses, social workers, psychologists, GPs, pharmacists, coordinating staff Requested by Hospital and Organisation of Care Directorate (DHOS) Produced by ANAES – French National Agency for Accreditation and Evaluation in Healthcare (Guidelines Department) Objectives To establish consensus guidelines for selecting patients for at-home chemotherapy and for ensuring that this chemotherapy is administered to standards that are as safe as those of conventional hospitalisation and of a similar quality Assessment method Formal consensus method derived from the nominal group technique adapted by RAND/UCLA Literature search Unlimited period 105 references selected among 351 analysed Project management Project leader: Dr.