کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1881532 1043152 2011 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Measures taken by the supervisory authority to reduce extremity doses in nuclear medicine facilities in Switzerland
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم تشعشع
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Measures taken by the supervisory authority to reduce extremity doses in nuclear medicine facilities in Switzerland
چکیده انگلیسی

In its capacity as the supervisory authority, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (SFOPH) has responded to the increase in extremity doses observed in nuclear medicine facilities in Switzerland over the past decade by introducing facility-specific radiation protection audits. These audits have raised the awareness of the staff members concerned with the problem of high extremity doses which arise from handling beta emitters and PET nuclides and prevented any further rise in the extremity doses. However, the evaluation of these audits has also shown that there is still considerable scope for improvement in terms of reducing extremity doses and that further measures are therefore required. Facility-specific and person-specific investigations are currently being conducted with the support of the SFOPH. Their aim is to show facilities which operations during the preparation and application of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals lead to high extremity doses. This will enable the reduction of extremity doses for nuclear medicine staff as well as ensure that the dose limits are adhered to, in spite of the increasing numbers of examinations.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Radiation Measurements - Volume 46, Issue 11, November 2011, Pages 1315–1320
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