Extremity exposure of nuclear medicine workers: results from an EANM and EURADOS survey.

Background: Extremity exposure during the handling of unsealed radioactive sources is a matter of concern for nuclear medicine workers. Next to Tc and F, other radiopharmaceuticals have seen an increase in their use over the last decade. However, limited information on their impact on extremity dose is available.

Need for harmonisation of extremity dose monitoring in nuclear medicine: results of a survey amongst national dose registries in Europe.

Staff handling radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine (NM) may receive significant extremity doses. Over the last decade in particular there has been an increase in NM procedures and new radiopharmaceuticals have been introduced. However, literature provides limited recent data on the exposure of the extremities.

Review of extremity dosimetry in nuclear medicine.

The exposure of the fingers is one of the major radiation protection concerns in nuclear medicine (NM). The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the exposure, dosimetry and protection of the extremities in NM. A wide range of reported finger doses were found in the literature.

HOW TO ESTABLISH AN ADEQUATE SYSTEM FOR EYE LENS DOSE MONITORING: A PROPOSAL FOR TYPICAL WORKPLACES.

For years, the dose limit of 150 mSv for occupational exposure of the lens of the eye to ionising radiation was rarely exceeded, and the dose to the eye was only monitored occasionally. With the national implementation of the European Basic Safety Standards in 2018, this dose limit was reduced to 20 mSv and the Member States are expected to implement an adequate system for the monitoring of category A workers. Where the system for monitoring the whole body dose is settled in most countries, this is not the situation for the lens of the eye.