Module 3: Quality Control for Central Registries

The NPCR Education and Training Series (NETS) is a series of educational tools for state trainers to support central cancer registries in their role of providing education to staff and reporters. For more information about how you may use the NETS modules, please see Guidelines for Using the NETS Modules.

This module has nine parts: five that provide an overview of total quality management and continuous quality improvement, and four separate standalone parts for audits, reliability studies, and data quality management reports.

Part 1: Quality Control for Central Registries

1. General Overview
2. Principles of Data Quality
3. Registry Data Quality Control Tools
4. Audit Considerations
5. Developing an Audit

Standalone Parts

2. Casefinding Audit Procedures
3. Reabstracting Audit Procedures
4. Reliability Study Procedures
5. Data Quality Management Reports

Case Studies and Exercise Worksheets

The exercises that follow are taken from actual medical charts that have been de-identified to protect patient privacy and are used as part of the learning process. Drug names are trademarked and listed as they actually appear in their medical records.

• Quality Control Casefinding Exercise (PDF-153KB)
• Quality Control Casefinding Exercise Answers (PDF-169KB)



• Analyzing Major vs. Minor Errors Exercise (PDF-89KB)
• Determining Major vs. Minor Errors Exercise (PDF-48KB)



• Generic Reabstracting Worksheet (PDF-73KB)
• Reabstracting Exercise Case 1 (PDF-56KB)
• Reabstracting Exercise Case 1 Answers (PDF-75KB)
• Reabstracting Exercise Case 2 (PDF-43KB)
• Reabstracting Exercise Case 2 Answers (PDF-71KB)



• Recoding Exercise Case 1 (PDF-79KB)
• Recoding Exercise Case 1 Answers (PDF-74KB)
• Recoding Exercise Case 2 (PDF-72KB)
• Recoding Exercise Case 2 Answers (PDF-72KB)
• Recoding Exercise Case 3 (PDF-72KB)
• Recoding Exercise Case 3 Answers (PDF-72KB)
• Recoding Exercise Case 4 (PDF-108KB)
• Recoding Exercise Case 4 Answers (PDF-137KB)



• Visual Editing Exercise Case 1 (PDF-82KB)
• Visual Editing Exercise Case 2 (PDF-85KB)
• Visual Editing Exercise Case 3 (PDF-89KB)

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