Oncologie (Kanker - Gezwelziekten): Facilities

CTO is located in a secure area of the Oncology Centre and is equipped with

• Secure work areas for staff members
• Two monitor rooms with the necessary IT facilities
• A separate meeting room
• A patient room equipped with, among other things, ECG equipment, blood pressure meter and scales
• Dedicated laboratory facility  equipped with for biosampling:
  • LAF cabinet
  • A range of different centrifuges
• A temperature monitored room (accessible only to authorized staff) for the storage of lab material
• A room (accessible only to authorized staff) for the storage of study documents
• A cold room (-80 °C, -20 °C, 2-8 °C) with permanent temperature control, alarm, back-up and on-call system.

In addition, CTO collaborates intensively with the oncological day care hospital and nursing unit D11. This ward has two dedicated phase I chambers for overnight stay. These patient rooms are equipped with the necessary monitoring facilities. The equipment is maintained in accordance with the requirements and the internal maintenance plan and calibrated whenever necessary. Certificates are available. In addition, CTO can rely on the knowledge and resources of the hospital.

Agreements with other services (except pharmacy) are always made via CTO.

CTO has concluded a service level agreement with the following services:

• Clinical laboratory GZA: for further information e.g. for normal laboratory values see www.labogidsgza.be (in Dutch)
• laboratory for pathological anatomy and cytology;
• cardiology
• nuclear medicine
• medical imaging
• Ophtalmology