Regimen Reference Orders (RROs)

These standardized, approved support documents are created at CCMB by teams of pharmacists, nurses, and guideline developers as part of the formal Manitoba Oncology Drug Review Process. Content is reviewed and approved by medical oncologists.

An RRO provides: planned course of the drug or drug regimen, indication for use, whether a central venous access devise is required or recommended, blood work parameters to proceed with treatment, pre-treatment requirements, sequence of medication administration, dosing and drug administration instructions, monitoring parameters, discharge instructions and any notable information regarding the particular drug or drug regimen.

RROs are intended as Evidence-informed Practice Tools to assist healthcare professionals in Manitoba who provide drug treatments to cancer patients. Please see the Legal Disclosure at the bottom of this page for more information.

RROs by Disease Site Group, and for Supportive Care are listed below.

DECT is a multidisciplinary team (pharmacists, nursing educators, nursing leadership, and ARIA Information Education Specialists) working together to ensure appropriate anticancer and supportive therapy information and education is available provincially.  The team works to provide both patient and health care professionals with standardized appropriate education, information tools and be informative by the way of funding announcements, new indications for current medications, as well as any changes or amendments to current systemic therapy processes.

DECT is responsible for the identification, review, adaptation and/or development, approval, maintenance, and dissemination of appropriate drug information resources, tools for education/monitoring of anticancer systemic therapies administered throughout the provincial Oncology programs.  DECT oversees a framework for the re-evaluation, amendment, communication, and dissemination of any modifications to any education tools/resources/communication maintained by the TEAM.  All resources are reviewed and re-evaluated annually or sooner as deemed necessary by staff/patient feedback.