Dose rates from patients having nuclear medicine investigations

Dose rates have been measured at 0.1 m, 0.5 m and 1.0 m from patients in a Nuclear Medicine Department. Data are presented for a variety of Nuclear Medicine procedures using doses of radiopharmaceuticals within the recommendations of the administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (A...

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Published inNuclear medicine communications Vol. 6; no. 4; p. 191
Main Authors Harding, L K, Mostafa, A B, Roden, L, Williams, N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.04.1985
Subjects
Hospital Departments
Humans
Maximum Allowable Concentration
Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital
Occupational Diseases - prevention & control
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Monitoring
Time Factors
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Summary:Dose rates have been measured at 0.1 m, 0.5 m and 1.0 m from patients in a Nuclear Medicine Department. Data are presented for a variety of Nuclear Medicine procedures using doses of radiopharmaceuticals within the recommendations of the administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC). The corresponding figures when the patient left the department, and the time average dose rate over the next 8 h were calculated. At 1.0 m the dose rates do not exceed 7.5 microSv h-1, and at 0.5 m the time average dose rate does not exceed 60 microSv h-1. Assuming that the nurse is as close to the patient as 0.1 m for 20 min in a working day, the accumulated dose over a working day would not exceed 60 microSv.
ISSN:0143-3636
DOI:10.1097/00006231-198504000-00002