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- TABLE 1
Estimated Variables and Effective Dose for Personnel During Different Steps of [99mTc]Tc-PSMA-I&S RGS Procedure
Location Procedure Step Personnel A (MBq) l (m) ts min/s h t (h) d (mm) Γ (μSv m2 MBq−1 h−1) E (μSv) Radiopharmacy Labeling Attaching [99mTc] pertechnetate Technologist RP 2,000 0.3 10 s 0.003 0 3 0.023 1.50 × 10−3 Labeling Technologist RP 2,000 2.0 30 min 0.500 0 55 0.023 3.72 × 10−55 Removal final product Technologist RP 2,000 0.3 10 s 0.003 0 50 0.023 1.03 × 10−50 Quality control Instant thin-layer chromatography Technologist RP 100 0.3 1 min 0.017 0 2 0.023 4.28 × 10−3 High-performance liquid chromatography Technologist RP 100 2.0 30 min 0.500 0 0 0.023 2.88 × 10−1 Nuclear medicine Syringe preparation Calibration of vial Technologist NML 2,000 0.4 10 s 0.003 0 50 0.023 5.81 × 10−51 Preparing syringes Technologist NML 2,000 0.4 2 min 0.006 0 10 0.023 1.59 × 10−10 Patient administration Patient administration Physician NM 550 0.4 1 min 0.003 0 3 0.023 2.32 × 10−4 Care after administration Physician NM 550 1.0 5 min 0.083 0 0 0.008 3.65 × 10−1 Imaging Patient positioning Technologist NM 550 0.5 3 min 0.050 17 0 0.008 1.24 × 10−1 Patient imaging Technologist NM 550 3.0 30 min 0.500 17 2 0.008 3.39 × 10−4 Operating room Surgery Surgery Anesthesiology technologist 550 0.5 120 min 2.000 20 0 0.008 3.51 × 10° Scrub nurse 550 0.3 120 min 2.000 20 0 0.008 9.74 × 10° Surgical nurse 550 2.0 120 min 2.000 20 0 0.008 2.19 × 10−1 Surgeon 550 2.0 120 min 2.000 20 0 0.008 2.19 × 10−1 RP = radiopharmacy; NM = nuclear medicine.
- TABLE 2
Estimated, Measured, and Mean Effective Dose for Personnel During Different Steps of [99mTc]Tc-PSMA-I&S RGS Procedure
E (μSv) Step Personnel Estimated Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4 Patient 5 Mean ± SD Labeling Technologist RP 1.50 × 10−3 2 2 1 2 1 1.6 ± 0.5 Quality control Technologist RP 2.91 × 10−1 1 0 0 0 0 0.2 ± 0.4 Syringe preparation Technologist NML 1.59 × 10−10 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 ± 0.4 Patient administration Physician NM 3.75 × 10−1 1 1 1 0 1 0.8 ± 0.4 Patient imaging Technologist NM 1.24 × 10−1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surgery Anesthesiology technologist 3.51 × 100 1 0 0 0 1 0.6 ± 0.5 Scrub nurse 9.74 × 100 2 5 4 3 2 3.2 ± 1.3 Surgical nurse 2.19 × 10−1 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 ± 0.4 Surgeon 2.19 × 10−1 1 1 1 1 1 1.0 ± 0.0 RP = radiopharmacy; NML = nuclear medicine laboratory; NM = nuclear medicine.
- TABLE 3
Measured and Mean Dose Rate of Patient During Different Steps of [99mTc]Tc-PSMA-I&S RGS Procedure
Dose rate (μSv/h) Step Distance (cm) Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4 Patient 5 Mean ± SD Administration 30 32.8 34.2 29.9 30.0 38.5 33.1 ± 3.5 50 17.3 18.8 16.6 19.3 20.5 18.5 ± 1.6 100 7.6 7.7 6.2 5.6 7.3 6.9 ± 0.9 Imaging 30 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.9 4.5 3.6 ± 0.6 50 1.8 2.1 1.4 1.5 2.1 1.8 ± 0.3 100 1.2 0.74 0.41 0.31 1.1 0.74 ± 0.39 Surgery 30 0.50 0.58 0.80 0.21 1.4 0.69 ± 0.43 50 0.28 0.39 0.30 0.08 0.98 0.56 ± 0.33
