Mammography Quality Assurance Program

 

The Mammography Quality Assurance Program (MQAP) provides quality assurance assessment for mammography sites. Participation is open to private medical imaging practices, and medical imaging departments of public and private hospitals. The MQAP has been declared under Commonwealth Qualified Privilege.

Quality control and quality assurance testing requirements are documented in the RANZCR MQAP Resources for Radiographers and MQAP Resources for Equipment Assessors below.

MQAP Cycle

The MQAP operates on a three-year cycle. Participation is machine-specific; sites operating more than one mammography machine need to make an application for each machine.

First year: Practice undergoes accreditation of a new unit (or reaccreditation of a current unit)
Requirements include the assessment of clinical and physics materials by expert mammography radiologists and mammography-accredited medical physicists.

Second year: First Annual Review
Mammography-accredited physicists assess the quality control data and physics materials submitted by the site.

Third year: Second Annual Review
Mammography-accredited physicists assess the quality control data and physics materials submitted by the site.

Fees

For details of current fees relating to MQAP see College Fees page.

How to Apply

Practices wishing to participate in the MQAP need to complete the application form and return to the College. The practice will then be invoiced.

MQAP Resources for Radiographers

MQAP Application Form

Instructions for submission of MQAP Test Materials for CR/DR Mammography

MQAP Annual Review requirements – CR/DR

Quality control and quality assurance testing requirements for Radiographers (based on the ACPSEM mammography position paper) are documented in –

Guidelines for Quality Control Testing for Digital (CR & DR) Mammography

Please note ACPSEM-certified Mammography Equipment Assessors are accredited separately for CR and DR Mammography. Please ensure that the Assessor you select is accredited in the appropriate modality –

ACPSEM Certified Mammography Equipment Assessors

RANZCR Standards of Practice for Clinical Radiology

 MQAP Quality Control Manual Order Form

MQAP Resources for Equipment Assessors

MQAP DR Equipment Assessor Form

MQAP CR Equipment Assessor Form

Boone DGN calculator

Quality control and quality assurance testing requirements for Equipment Assessors are documented in the ACPSEM Position Paper adopted by RANZCR –Recommendations for a Digital Mammography Quality Assurance Program 4.0

For further information about MQAP please contact the Quality and Standards team