Staff radiation doses associated with nuclear medicine procedures - a review of some recent measurements

Harding, L. K.; Mostafa, A. B.; Thomson, W. H.

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“…Potential radiation doses due to nuclear medicine procedures have been widely studied (Syed et al 1982;Mountford et al 1991;Culver and Dworkin 1993;Reiners and Sonnenschein 1994;Garancini et al 1995;Preitfellner et al 1995;Tautz et al 1995;Kurtara n et al 1997aKurtara n et al , 1997bCastronovo and Schleipman 1999;Lopez et al 1999;Sattari et al 2001;Siegel et al 2002;Achey et al 2004), and doses to technicians, nurses and accompanying persons have been estimated from dose rate measurements (Harding et al 1990a(Harding et al , 1990b(Harding et al , 1994NCRP 1996;Chiesa et al 1997;Greaves and Tindale 1999;Amaral et al 2002;Cabral et al 2002;Lundberg et al 2002). NCRP (1996) provides estimates of the doses to patients and the dose to total decay at various distances from the external surface of the patient for most frequently performed nuclear medicine studies.…”

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Radiation Doses in the Surroundings of Patients Undergoing Nuclear Medicine Diagnostic Studies

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Dose rate measurements were performed at 0, 0.5, and 1 m from the external surface of 79 patients corresponding to the most frequent studies: 99mTc-cardiac with reinjection, 99mTc-cardiac single injection, 99mTc-bone scan, 99mTc-lung studies, and cardiac studies using 201Tl. Doses to staff, nearby patients, and the collective effective doses were estimated for the different working shifts and hospital areas. The estimated dose for nurses for 1 y was 518 microSv in the cardiology section and 338 microSv in the short stay section. For patients, the mean dose per stay was calculated to be 8.5 microSv in the cardiology section. The maximum dose that a patient could receive from a radioactive patient is 499 microSv for a double injection cardiac patient study. The maximum collective effective dose for the whole hospital was calculated to be 0.063 person-Sv. The probability of staff receiving doses higher than the limits for a working day is negligible. Maximum doses for staff and patients are far below dose limits for the public and therefore no additional radiological protection is needed.

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“…This value is relatively high when compared to the data published in the literature. Some measurements performed using TLDs during the preparation of the 99mTc in human nuclear medicine refer to doses to the fingers skin on average about 70 pSv GBq-' (Williams et al, 1987;Harding et al, 1990;Hastings et al, 1997: Mackenzie, 1997. The dose to the fingers skin here is therefore twice higher than the usual doses in human medicine.…”

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Equine scintigraphy: assessment of the dose received by the personnel

2003

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RÉSUMÉ (MuriLiscript recrivrd 12 July 2002, nccrptrd 14 Novemhrr 2002)Following a request from the Permanent Secretary of the French Commission for Artificial Radiodement3 (CIREA) engaged to investigate a request for a licence related to a new scintigraphy unit dedicated to equidae, a dosimetric assessment concerning the personnel attending the examination was carried out. This scintigraphy unit depends on the Goustranville Centre for lmaging and Research on the Locomotive Diseases of Equidae (CIRALE) in the Calvados region. The dosimetric assessment was carried out for the different operators during the successive stages of the scintigraphic examination. Assuming 150 examinations per year, the annual equivalent dose to the fingers skin is 150 mSv maximum for the technologist and 2 mSv for the veterinary surgeon; the annual effective dose ranges from 0.15 to 0.45 mSv, depending on the operators.Scintigraphie équine : estimation de la dose reçue par le personnel.Suite à une demande du Secrétariat permanent de la Commission interministérielle des radioéléments artificiels (CIREA) amené à instruire une demande d'autorisation relative a une nouvelle installation dédiée à la scintigraphie équine, une évalualion dosimétrique concernant le personnel présent lors de l'examen a été réalisée. Cette installation dépend du Centre d'imagerie et de recherche sur les affections locomotrices des équidés (CIRALE) situé à Goustranville dans le Calvados. L'évaluation dosimétrique a été réalisée pour les différents opérateurs au cours des étapes successives de l'examen scintigraphique. En prenant l'hypothèse de 150 examens par an, l'équivalent de dose annuel i la peau des doigts est au maximum de 150 mSv pour le manipulateur et de 2 mSv pour le vétérinaire ; la dose efficace annuelle est quant à elle comprise entre 0,15 et 0,45 mSv selon les opérateurs.

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“…(E 8) Measurements of doses to the hands of radiopharmacists have been based on two methods: thermoluminescent dosimetry (Harding et al, 1990;Batchelor et al, 1991a,b;Chiesa et al, 1997;Hastings et al, 1997;Mackenzie, 1997;Dhanse et al, 2000;Jankowski et al, 2003;Berus et al, 2004;Paul et al, 2006;Vanhavere et al, 2006;Covens et al, 2007;Wrzesień et al, 2008) and electronic monitoring (Montgomery et al, 1997(Montgomery et al, , 1999Dhanse et al, 2000;Whitby and Martin, 2002Donadille et al, 2005;Guy et al, 2005). E.2.1.…”

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Staff radiation doses associated with nuclear medicine procedures - a review of some recent measurements

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Radiation Doses in the Surroundings of Patients Undergoing Nuclear Medicine Diagnostic Studies

Radiation Doses in the Surroundings of Patients Undergoing Nuclear Medicine Diagnostic Studies

Equine scintigraphy: assessment of the dose received by the personnel

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