Guidelines for Chemotherapy (SACT) are listed below:
Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information in a given regimen it cannot be guaranteed that the regimen is fully up to date, because of the dynamic nature of cancer treatment. Check the regimen details for the specific indication the regimen may be used / funded in. See our disclaimer.
Immuno-Oncology
It has been agreed by the Thames Valley Acute Oncology Group and the Chemotherapy Group that the following guidelines should be adopted throughout the Thames Valley.
SACT dose bands & product specifications
The SACT dose banding and standardisation set up on Aria.
National standardised product specifications diluents and diluent volumes
SACT and Immuno-oncology Guidelines
- 24 Hours telephone service for adults having chemotherapy
- Anaphylaxis (adults)
- Antiemetics
- Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) – chemotherapy options
- Chemotherapy drugs safe handling and administration (adults)
- Chemotherapy home spillage
- Chemotherapy (SACT) spillage
- Cisplatin hydration
- Diarrhoea – chemotherapy induced
- Diarrhoea – capecitabine induced
- Extravasation – requires Chemo CAG ratification
- Glucaparidase (requires Blueteq registration)
- Haemopoietic Growth Factors Erythropoietin (adults)
- Haemopoietic Growth Factors GCSF (adults)
- Immuno-oncology agent Immune-related adverse event clinical guidelines
- Oral mucositis
SACT Non-Network Approved Regimens
Aria User Guides
- How to check which regimens exist on Aria
- Aria user (prescriber) task list
- Accepting regimen amendments
- Adding CrCl and EDTA or Tests
- Cumulative doses
- Date changes
- Deferring and discontinuing treatment
- Dose modifications, discontinuing drugs and deleting future cycles
- Drug administration
- Entering diagnosis ICD10, Morphology and Staging
- Entering providers
- Entering Vital Signs, Toxicities, PS and Allergies
- Flow sheet
- General information
- Interaction checking
- Intrathecal chemotherapy
- Logging on, switching users or location and Exit
- Opening patient – Proceed to (and user preferences)
- Patient status icons
- Patient tracking
- Pharmacist screening
- Pharmacist verification
- Pharmacy approval and dispensing
- Prescribing chemotherapy, antiemetics (support medicines) and ordering extra cycles
- Provider approval
- Scheduling
- System back up
- User preferences (and opening page -proceed to)
- Visit tab