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PUBLICATIONS

This page contains publications produced or commissioned by the UK SACT Board and those prepared by the Board in conjunction with other professional organisations. The UK SACT Board does not publish guidance produced by other organisations although links to key resources, including those formally endorsed by the UK SACT Board, can be found in the Useful Links section. 

GOOD PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY MEDICINES

May 2024

This guideline is designed to give a practical framework for the safe introduction and ongoing use of immunotherapy in existing Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) services

PRESCRIBER COMPETENCIES FOR REVIEWING AND PRESCRIBING SYSTEMIC ANTI-CANCER THERAPY

November 2023

This document provides guidance and recommendations for demonstrating and recording competency for reviewing and prescribing of SACT. It includes suggested templates for recording of SACT prescribing competencies.

ENDORSEMENT POLICY

September 2023

UK SACT Board endorsement policy to guide professional organisations requesting endorsement or support by the Board for materials or resources

GENERAL PRINCIPLES TO SUPPORT SYSTEMIC ANTI-CANCER THERAPY ASEPTIC CAPACITY PRESSURES

Published September 2023

The UK SACT Board has prepared these general principles to support the management and delivery of SACT aseptic services across the UK

STANDARDS FOR THE SAFER USE OF EPMA SYSTEMS FOR USE IN SACT SERVICES

Published February 2022

The main purpose of this document is to improve safety to patients and maintain consistency throughout the UK. The document was first published by the BOPA in 2015 and updated in 2019. The current version has been extensively reviewed by representatives of the whole oncology workforce in the UK to reflect the multidisciplinary use of this document.

NATIONAL SACT PROTOCOLS OPTIONS APPRAISAL

Published January 2022

The UK Chemotherapy Board have produced this document to showcase a potential solution for the provision of national SACT protocols within the UK called the National SACT Protocol Programme

THE MANAGEMENT OF GLYCAEMIC CONTROL IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER

Updated September 2021

Guidance for the diabetes and oncology multidisciplinary teams. Report of a working party on behalf of the UK Chemotherapy Board and Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care.

CLINICIAN FAQS AND GUIDANCE ON COVID-19 VACCINE FOR PATIENTS RECEIVING SACT. VERSION 6.0.

Updated on website 21/12/21

This document has been produced in response to questions raised by cancer health care professionals relating to the administration of COVID-19 vaccines in patients receiving SACT.

PERSONALISED MEDICINE APPROACH FOR FLUOROPYRIMIDINE-BASED THERAPIES

Sept 2024

To provide clinical staff with guidance as to which patients should receive a DPD test and then subsequently to provide advice to clinical staff on the outcome of that test.

MEDICATION-RELATED OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW: GUIDANCE FOR THE ONCOLOGY MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM

Key Facts

This guidance has been produced by a multi-disciplinary working party on behalf of the UK Chemotherapy Board and endorsed by the Clinical Standards Committee of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. It  focuses on all aspects of MRONJ in relation to oncology patients.

PROMOTING EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF SACT SIDE EFFECTS: TWO APPROACHES – GOOD PRACTICE GUIDELINE

September 2016

Guidance was produced in response to concerns that patients often delay reporting serious SACT side effects. Two complementary approaches to improve side effect reporting are suggested.

MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF SACT - REVIEW OF CURRENT PRACTICE - STANDARDISED REVIEW PROCESS

Good to Know

The UK Chemotherapy Board recognised the many current examples of good practice but noted an inconsistency of approach between centres which may limit sharing of learning. It has summarised the key details of the processes currently used and developed a proposed template for an operational policy and pro forma.

©2022 by UK SACT Board

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