Streamlining Nuclear Medicine Department Contamination Response

G.M. Sturchio and T.B. Valley (Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota)

A Nuclear Medicine department uses a variety of radionuclides, for a variety of diagnostic and therapy procedures, in a variety of rooms within a healthcare facility building. Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Safety developed a radiation contamination response flowchart to address the allied health staff informational needs. The flowchart provides concise event-specific (e.g., personnel, item, or area contamination) guidance at the point of use in a standardized, easy to read format. The information conveyed in the flowchart includes: the process and decision flow, the radiation level action levels, and the removable contamination action levels. The technical basis for the action levels is presented.

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