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Instruments for Radiation
Detection/Measurement and their quality control |
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Dose calibrator
(Constancy, Accuracy, Linearity, Geometry) |
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Scintillation Well
Counter, gamma well counter |
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Survey Meters, Thyroid
uptake probe |
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Laminar Flow Hoods:
Proper handling, cleaning and decontaminating |
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including documentation
for different types of hoods. |
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Vertical Laminar Flow
Hood |
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Exhaust Hood for I131 |
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Chemical Exhaust Hood |
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Molybdenum - 99
generators |
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elution instructions |
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Radionuclidic purity test
(Moly Breakthrough) |
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Chemical purity test
(Alumina ion presence) |
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Radioactivity calibration
(Tc99m activity measurement in the eluate) |
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yield estimation |
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| 4. |
Radiopharmaceutical
preparation Overview, quality control |
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Explanation of Technetium
chemistry, Technetium oxidation states, |
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chemistry of Technetium
ligand complexes |
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Compounding
of specific radiopharmaceuticals (MDP, DTPA, SC, MAA, DISIDA, |
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MAG3) |
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Solid-phase extraction
(MAG3) |
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Thin layer Chromatography |
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Inspection of particle
size with light microscope and hemacytometer grid |
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Radiation Protection,
handling of radioactive material |
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GM survey meter
measurement of external and surface radiation levels |
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Perform
wipe tests on packages for removal of external and surface contamination |
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Data recording for each
package received |
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Compliance
with ALARA (Time, Distance, Shielding), Occupational exposure limits |
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Whole Body Badge and
extremity dosimeters, Thyroid Bioassay |
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In Vitro labeling |
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White Blood Cells
labeling with In-111 |
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Red Cell Mass and Plasma
Volume with Cr-51/I-125 HSA |
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