The benefits and obligations of being a MIBB member

MIBB members are eligible to:

• Receive and maintain theMIBB institution and individual operator certification
• Contribute to biopsy data collection and consensus conferences based on this data
• Receive the latest information about current MIBB research
• Contribute to a large interdisciplinary network in breast cancer care in Switzerland
• Present and discuss your experiences, your vision and projects in yearly conventions

By joining the MIBB society, institutions and operators agree to fulfil the following conditions:

• To maintain the certification the following number of cases is required annually:
• 20 VAB interventions in the institution
• 12 VAB interventions by the certificated physician
• Agreement to adhere to the quality assurance measures by entering all vacuum-assisted-biopsies (VAB) into the MIBB-database (www.adjumed.net/mibb/)
• Able to pay the annual certification costs based on the number of VABs entered into the database.