Journal article
12-hour Shifts for Radiation Therapists
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In Canada, Radiation Therapy program hours have ranged between 8 and 10 hours a day. Some centres have an option of a 4-day, 10-hour-day workweek. In 2012, Cancer Care Ontario released their Radiation Treatment Capital Investment Strategy. In this, they mandated that in order to maximize the use of current infrastructure, cancer centres will need to be operational for 12 hours in the future. This strategy was supported by a …
Authors
Young C; Smoke M; Farrell T; Ho E
Journal
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 294–300
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2017
DOI
10.1016/j.jmir.2017.05.002
ISSN
1939-8654