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The effect of work system on the hand exposure of workers in (18)F-FDG production centres

The production of the (18)F isotope—the marker of deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG)—the radiopharmaceutical most commonly used in the oncological diagnostic technique of positron emission tomography, requires a cyclotron device. At present, there are nine facilities working in Poland that are equipped with c...

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Autor principal: Wrzesień, Małgorzata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29736636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13246-018-0644-9
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description The production of the (18)F isotope—the marker of deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG)—the radiopharmaceutical most commonly used in the oncological diagnostic technique of positron emission tomography, requires a cyclotron device. At present, there are nine facilities working in Poland that are equipped with cyclotrons used for producing the short-lived isotopes. The aim of the paper is to determine the hand exposure of workers employed in the two (18)F-FDG production centres taking in to account the production procedures and work system in those facilities. Measurements, which included all professional workers exposed to ionizing radiation that were employed in two facilities, were performed by using high-sensitivity thermoluminescent detectors during the routine activities of the personnel. The work system used at the production centre has an impact on the level of the recorded doses. Among the production procedures performed by the staff, the highest ionizing radiation doses have been received by the staff during the (18)F-FDG quality control. The maximum estimated annual Hp(0.07) for chemists from the quality control department can exceed the annual skin limit dose (500 mSv). The source of lowest doses on the hands are the cyclotron operating procedure and the (18)F-FDG production, provided that these procedures can’t be combined with other production procedures.
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spelling pubmed-59767092018-06-08 The effect of work system on the hand exposure of workers in (18)F-FDG production centres Wrzesień, Małgorzata Australas Phys Eng Sci Med Technical Paper The production of the (18)F isotope—the marker of deoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG)—the radiopharmaceutical most commonly used in the oncological diagnostic technique of positron emission tomography, requires a cyclotron device. At present, there are nine facilities working in Poland that are equipped with cyclotrons used for producing the short-lived isotopes. The aim of the paper is to determine the hand exposure of workers employed in the two (18)F-FDG production centres taking in to account the production procedures and work system in those facilities. Measurements, which included all professional workers exposed to ionizing radiation that were employed in two facilities, were performed by using high-sensitivity thermoluminescent detectors during the routine activities of the personnel. The work system used at the production centre has an impact on the level of the recorded doses. Among the production procedures performed by the staff, the highest ionizing radiation doses have been received by the staff during the (18)F-FDG quality control. The maximum estimated annual Hp(0.07) for chemists from the quality control department can exceed the annual skin limit dose (500 mSv). The source of lowest doses on the hands are the cyclotron operating procedure and the (18)F-FDG production, provided that these procedures can’t be combined with other production procedures. Springer Netherlands 2018-05-07 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5976709/ /pubmed/29736636 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13246-018-0644-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5976709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29736636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13246-018-0644-9
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