The value of syringe shields in a nuclear medicine department

Harding, L. K.; Hesslewood, S. R.; Ghose, Smaranjit; Thomson, W. H.

doi:10.1097/00006231-198508000-00004

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“…Harding et al (13) assessed the protective value of syringe shields for 99m Tc. The study revealed that although theoretical attenuation factors for commercialised syringe shields are in the order of 100 for 99m Tc, actual observed dose reductions were in the order of 2 on average.…”

Section: Conventional Diagnostic Nuclear Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Harding et al (13) found that radiopharmacy and dispensing led to 330 mSv each, and injections to 220 mSv annual doses. Chruscielewski et al (19) presented the results of measuring the equivalent dose to the hands of 60 workers ( physicians, nurses, radiopharmacists and technicians) during 7 months, representing several thousand examinations.…”

Section: Conventional Diagnostic Nuclear Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

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An overview on extremity dosimetry in medical applications

Vanhavere

Carinou

Donadille

et al. 2008

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

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Some activities of EURADOS Working Group 9 (WG9) are presently funded by the European Commission (CONRAD project). The objective of WG9 is to promote and co-ordinate research activities for the assessment of occupational exposures to staff at workplaces in interventional radiology (IR) and nuclear medicine. For some of these applications, the skin of the fingers is the limiting organ for individual monitoring of external radiation. Therefore, sub-group 1 of WG9 deals with the use of extremity dosemeters in medical radiation fields. The wide variety of radiation field characteristics present in a medical environment together with the difficulties in measuring a local dose that is representative for the maximum skin dose, usually with one single detector, makes it difficult to perform accurate extremity dosimetry. Sub-group 1 worked out a thorough literature review on extremity dosimetry issues in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine and positron emission tomography, interventional radiology and interventional cardiology and brachytherapy. Some studies showed that the annual dose limits could be exceeded if the required protection measures are not taken, especially in nuclear medicine. The continuous progress in new applications and techniques requires an important effort in radiation protection and training.

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Section: Conventional Diagnostic Nuclear Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conventional Diagnostic Nuclear Medicinementioning

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An overview on extremity dosimetry in medical applications

Vanhavere

Carinou

Donadille

et al. 2008

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

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“…En médecine nucléaire, nous retiendrons plus particulièrement deux risques : l'irradiation des doigts en raison des très fortes activités manipulées [3] et la contamination interne par inhalation d'iode 131 et d'iode 125 en raison de leur caractère volatil et de leur radiotoxicité [4,7]. L'exposition interne peut être réduite par diverses dispositions : hottes ventilées, capsules, pH de la solution... Ainsi, en médecine nucléaire et dans les laboratoires, le personnel est soumis aux risques d'exposition externe et interne.…”

Section: Médecine Nucléaire Et Laboratoiresunclassified

Aspects pratiques de la surveillance de l'exposition professionnelle dans le domaine médical et les laboratoires de recherche

Aubert

1991

Radioprotection

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RÉSUMÉinterstitial and intracavitary irradiation. A radiodiagnostic department applies Xrays in a variety of ways. In nuclear medicine and in research laboratories unsealed sources are to be used for intravenous injection and radioactive labelling. The personnal is thus exposed, according to their activity, to the risk of external exposure or both external and internal exposure.As far as sealed and electrically-generated sources are concerned, additional survey procedures are needed in the following instances : 1) radiodiagnosis especially in the disciplines where X-rays are necessary for the follow-up of the intervention (orthopedics, vascular and interventional radiology) ; 2) brachytherapy where the handling of sources requires the monitoring of radiation exposure to the hands ; 3) nuclear medicine where employees handling unsealed sources require additional survey of the hands as well. However, in this department as well as in laboratories, the highest risk is that of internal exposure following contamination. For this situation the legislation calls for a periodic radiotoxicological and/or whole-body counting. In practice, such monitoring carried out every 6 months is not always adapted to the circumstances. In fact, when radionuclides with a short half life are used or when they are used intermittently, which hapens frequently in a research laboratory, personnal monitoring should be scheduled more often.

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“…There has been considerable interest in the literature with regard to radiation dose to hands and fingers of staff handling large quantities of 9 9 m T~ (Neil 1969;Anderson et al 1972;Schurnbrand et al 1982;Harding et al 1985;Williams et al 1987). Comparison of the results from various centers is difficult because not all centers have made use of syringe shields, and there is wide variation in the position chosen to monitor the dose to hands.…”

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“…They postulated, on the basis of their particular handling techniques, that the dose to the fingertip would not be significantly different from that value. Harding et al ( 1985) investigated the value of syringe shields and found that in a regional radiopharmacy, syringe shields reduced the radiation dose to the fingertip of the right index finger by a factor of 1.7. With syringe shields, the mean dose to the right hand's fingertip was 0.7 mSv per 10 GBq (259 mrem per Ci) 9 9 m T~ handled, and 0.5 mSv per 10 GBq (185 mrem per Ci) for the left hand.…”

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Fifteen Years of Radiological Protection Experience in a Regional Radiopharmacy

Hilditch¹,

Elliott²,

Anstee³

et al. 1990

Health Physics

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Radiological protection experience in a regional radiopharmacy, currently handling 28.5 TBq (770 Ci) 99mTc y-1, is reviewed for the period 1974-1988. The results of personnel monitoring have shown a downward trend (by more than a factor of two) in radiation exposure of individual staff members, despite the workload per person [6000 GBq (162 Ci) 99mTc y-1] remaining virtually constant. Adequate staff selection and training contribute to the reduction in dose. A significant reduction in dose to the eyes was achieved by installing lead glass screens in the radiopharmacy work stations, and tungsten syringe shields reduced radiation dose to the hands. The use of commercially available kits for producing 99mTc radiopharmaceuticals, rather than relying on in-house preparations that require more operator handling, has also contributed to reduction in radiation exposure. Internal contamination of staff members with 125I was markedly reduced when the practice of sub-dispensing high-specific activity solutions of the radionuclide was discontinued. Annual doses from external radiation currently average less than 6 mSv (600 mrem) to the trunk, less than 7 mSv (700 mrem) to the eyes, and 50 mSv (5 rem) to the hands. Internal contamination of personnel with 125I, 131I, and 99mTc, as detected by thyroid and whole-body monitoring, contributed less than 65 mSv y-1 (6.5 rem) to the thyroid gland and less than 0.1 mSv y-1 (10 mrem) to the whole body.

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The value of syringe shields in a nuclear medicine department

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An overview on extremity dosimetry in medical applications

An overview on extremity dosimetry in medical applications

Aspects pratiques de la surveillance de l'exposition professionnelle dans le domaine médical et les laboratoires de recherche

Fifteen Years of Radiological Protection Experience in a Regional Radiopharmacy

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