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ICRP PUBLICATION 94: RELEASE OF PATIENTS AFTER THERAPY WITH UNSEALED RADIONUCLIDES, 94
ICRP Publication 94: Release of Patients after Therapy with Unsealed Radionuclides, 94To order this title, and for more information, click here

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. International Commission on Radiological Protection

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International Commission on Radiological Protection, 94

Description
After some therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures with unsealed radionuclides, precautions may be needed to limit doses to others, but this is rarely the case after diagnostic procedures. Iodine-131 results in the most dose to medical staff, public, caregivers, and family members. Other radionuclides used in therapy are usually simple beta emitters (e.g. 32P, 89Sr, 90Y) that pose much less hazard. Dose limits apply to the exposure of the public and medical staff from patients. Prior ICRP recommendations are that no dose limit but a source-related dose constraint for optimisation of a few mSv per episode applies to the family, visitors, and caregivers at home. Here, it is recommended that young children and infants, as well as visitors not engaged in direct care or comforting, be treated as members of the public (i.e., be subject to the public dose limit).

Contents
TYPES AND FREQUENCY OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROCEDURES
RADIATION PROTECTION AFTER USE OF THERAPEUTIC RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS
CURRENT INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON DOSE LIMITS AND DOSE CONSTRAINTS
CRITICAL PATHWAYS OF EXPOSURE FROM IODINE-131>BR> MAGNITUDE AND NATURE OF RISK FROM IODINE-131
EXPOSURE FOR RELATIVES, CAREGIVERS, AND THE PUBLIC
ENVIRONMENTAL PATHWAYS OF RADIOIODINE
DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE FROM THERAPY WITH UNSEALED RADIONUCLIDES
DECISION TO HOSPITALISE OR RELEASE PATIENTS
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL GUIDANCE ON RELEASE CRITERIA
ANTIBODY THERAPY


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Paperback, publication date: APR-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-08-044560-1
ISBN-10: 0-08-044560-8
Imprint: ELSEVIER

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