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General comments on radiological patient protection in nuclear medicine
- 1. Servicio de Radiofisica y Radioproteccion, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid (Spain)
- 2. Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid (Spain)
Description
In this paper an observation series about different aspects of the radiological protection of the patient in nuclear medicine is provided. It includes: The specific legislation contribution, the justification and, especially, optimization, as a fundamental base of the quality guarantee program, the importance of the fulfillment of the program and the importance of getting done the corresponding internal audits of the pursuit, the communication between the different groups of professionals implicated and between these and the patient, the volunteers who collaborate in the patient's care and the people in the patient's environment, knowing that the patient is a source of external radiation and contamination. (author)
Abstract (Spanish)
Se resumen en este trabajo, una serie de observaciones sobre distintos aspectos de la proteccion radiologica del paciente en Medicina Nuclear que incluyen: El aporte de la legislacion especifica, los principios de justificacion y optimizacion (en especial este ultimo) como base fundamental del programa de garantia de calidad asi como la importancia de que dicho programa se cumpla y se lleven a cabo las correspondientes auditorias internas de seguimiento, la comunicacion tanto entre los diferentes grupos de profesionales implicados como entre estos y el paciente, los voluntarios que colaboran en su cuidado y las personas de su entorno, teniendo en cuenta que el paciente es una fuente de radiacion externa y contaminacion. (author)Files
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Radiological protection of patients in diagnostic and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy. Contributed papers
- Imprint Pagination
- 916 p.
- Journal Issue
- no. 7/P
- Series
- C and S papers series
- Journal Page Range
- p. 369-373
- ISSN
- 1563-0153
- Report number
- IAEA-CSP--7/P
Conference
- Title
- International conference on radiological protection of patients in diagnostic and interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy
- Dates
- 26-30 Mar 2001
- Place
- Malaga (Spain)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 32039892
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- LEGISLATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATIENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECOMBINATION
- Descriptors DEC
- DOSES; MEDICINE
Optional Information
- Notes
- 13 refs, 1 fig
- Secondary number(s)
- IAEA-CN--85-183