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Helpful tips for completing the Application:

Congratulations on your decision to submit an application for accreditation! You are demonstrating a high commitment to quality patient care.

Before you begin the application process it is helpful to have one designated person responsible to organize and submit the information. Since this is an on-line process all documents must be in the form of an electronic file; word documents or pdf files are the most common.

Here is a list of the documents you will need to submit with the application:

• CVs for Medical Director of the PCCI program, Administrative Director and Technical Director
• Your most recent comparison report from a national outcomes data registry
• Physician credentialing and re-credentialing criteria
• Evidence of oversight committee and peer review conferences
• Process for monitoring peri-procedural and in-hospital 72 hours post procedure outcomes
• Process for follow up monitoring for Major Adverse Events (MAE) peri-procedural and in-hospital period
• Procedure to document radiation exposure to patients and staff and process to monitor high exposure.
• Policy for radiation safety education.
• Annual Complication Report

Here is a list of this information you will need to provide:

• List of operators performing PCCL and annual volume for last calendar yr.
• Most current complication rates
• Percent of patients receiving high doses of radiation during PCCL procedures.