Receiving the IASIOS accreditation requires that your facility meets the core criteria highlighted in the CIRSE Standards of Quality Assurance in Interventional Oncology

Approaching your administration to get approval for IASIOS may seem challenging, but we've developed resources that will help you present the accreditation to your stakeholders and request funding

Many hospitals have a Quality Assurance department that can facilitate the process of accrediting your department. Reach out to them to discuss collaborating with your department on the IASIOS accreditation

Once you have received administrative approval, you are ready to register. For more information on how to register a new facility, check out the IASIOS Registration Guide.

An activation email will be sent to your application’s main account holder once registration is complete with your respective facility code. This code will allow more members of your facility to join the application.

After submitting your registration form, you will receive an invoice for the IASIOS enrolment and annual fee. Once payment has been received, your facility will be given the IASIOS Enrolled seal.

To better understand how to manage the application for accreditation, we have translated the application manual into 9 languages to help guide you through the process, available for all facilities upon enrolment.

Getting your members on board with the accreditation can strengthen your team. Encourage them to collaborate on the application, from collecting evidence to filling out the answers.

Start filling out the application. The questions do NOT have to be answered in numerical order. Save your progress as you go, and track which questions still require your attention in the summary.

Bring members of your team working on the application to join one of our workshops, designed to help facilities with their applications, with tips from accredited centres on implementing changes and meeting the criteria.

Make any changes required to meet the criteria for accreditation and improve your patient pathway. Read our frequently asked questions, or email office@iasios.org with your questions.

Once your application has been completed and you meet all the criteria for accreditation, your Authorised Representative will be able to submit the application, and the assessment process will begin

Once your application is submitted, two assessors from our committee and council will be assigned to evaluate. Your facility will be approved for accreditation if all core criteria are met. Otherwise, you may be requested to provide further information.

If the assessors have any comments or request further evidence, your facility will have a 2-week period to submit a response and provide evidence that your facility meets the core criteria for accreditation.

If a third round is required for further clarification, the assessors can request a remote audit, during which the facility will get to address all open questions through a presentation via video conference.

In the 4 years as an accredited facility, you will be able to work on improving your patient pathway to meet all core and extended criteria in the standards of QA.

6 months before the expiration of your accreditation, you will receive a re-certification invoice. Once settled, you will receive access to your re-certification application.

Once you have completed your re-certification application and meet all the criteria from the standards, you can apply for Centre of Excellence. If you do not meet all the extended criteria, you can apply for another 4 years as an Accredited Centre.

Once your re-certification application is submitted, two assessors from our committee and council will be assigned to evaluate. Your facility will become a Centre of Excellence if all core and extended criteria are met. The assessors will request further evidence if you do not meet all the criteria.

If the assessors have any comments or further evidence requests, your facility will have a 2-week period to submit a response to the assessors and provide evidence that your facility meets all core and extended criteria.

If a third round is required for further clarification, the assessors can request a remote audit, during which the facility will get to address all open questions through a presentation via video conference.