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Remotely pollable Geiger-Muller detector for continuous monitoring of iodine-131 therapy patients
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In many countries, patients treated with therapeutic amounts of 13'1 are hospitalized because of radiation safety considerations. To determine when they can return home, radiation levels are intermittently monitored at bedside using a handheld Geiger-Muller (GM) counter, although this procedure can be cumbersome and inexact. Methods: We have developed and tested a remotely pollable system for continuous radiation monitoring of 131 therapy inpatients, using readily available hardware and standard telephone lines. The remote detector system, consisting of a palmtop IBMcompatible personal ...
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Autopsy of a cadaver containing strontium-89-chloride
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PET/CT safety watch.(TO THE POINT)
; ...the need to pay closer attention to radiation safety. Not only are technologists exposed...his article, On the Job:10 PET/CT Radiation Safety Strategies (page 32). With CT, the...MS, one of the instructors at the Radiation Safety Academy (Gaithersburg, Md), which...
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FY99 VA-HUD APPROPS:OTTO G. RAABE
; ...Health Physics Society ( Specialists in Radiation Safety ) Institute of Toxicology and Environmental...this opportunity to discuss:specific radiation safety issues currently under consideration...and I have worked in the field of radiation safety for almost forty years. I have ...
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Radiation safety precautions in the management of the hospitalized (131)I therapy patient
; ...this article to: (a) review practical radiation safety concerns associated with hospitalized...radionuclides. Key Words: 1311 therapy; radiation safety precautions; radiation safety; radiation therapy patient precautions...
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NRC CITES UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH FOR VIOLATION
; ...stems from a failure to ensure that radiation safety activities adhered to regulatory requirements...provide the NRC with confidence that radiation safety activities will be performed according...during each GSR treatment; having the radiation safety officer initiate a requirement ...
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Comsearch announces RadHaz safety program
; ...launched a comprehensive eight-step radiation safety services program designed to help...to prove that they have a validated radiation-safety program in place. Comsearch has assisted...Polisky, director of the company's radiation safety services program, says "When Comsearch...
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RADIATION EXPOSURE:OTTO G. RAABE
; ...Health Physics Society ( Specialists in Radiation Safety ) Institute of Toxicology and Environmental...this opportunity to discuss specific radiation safety issues currently under consideration...and I have worked in the field of radiation safety for almost forty years. I have ...
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RADIATION SAFETY DEBATE: HOW LOW IS LOW ENOUGH? SOME CALL FOR TIGHTER LIMITS ON EXPOSURE; OTHERS SAY STANDARDS ALREADY CONSERVATIVE
; ...fueled a heated debate over whether radiation safety limits should be tightened for everything...they say, is to totally reevalute how radiation safety is handled in every setting where...chairs a multi-agency committee on radiation safety. "Our committee is going to have to...
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Training in Radiation Safety.(Brief Article)
; ...its catalog of products and services a new version of its Radiation Safety Computer Based Training. The PC-based program, which retails...and associated risks and benefits; * the many aspects of radiation safety practice; * issues for pregnant women; and * what to do...
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NRC PROPOSES $3,000 FINE FOR PA.-BASED NUCLEAR MEDICINE COMPANY
; ...Medical Providers is required to have a Radiation Safety Officer to ensure that safety procedures...Medical Providers: a failure of its Radiation Safety Officer/Authorized User to perform...false records indicating that the Radiation Safety Officer had visited the Lakewood facility...
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