RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Reducing Radiation Exposure During Oral I-131 Therapy Administration
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 151
OP 156
VO 10
IS 3
A1 Juan Trujillo
A1 Sam Krinsky
A1 Bob Wilson
A1 Edward Teague
YR 1982
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/10/3/151.abstract
AB A new, closed-system method to reduce air-, direct-, and incidental-contamination during therapeutic administration of oral I-131 was experimentally evaluated on twelve patients. We studied a standard control population using the routine practice of drinking the solution through a straw and compared results with our new technique. Various measurements were performed throughout all phases of dose administration to assess the relative difference of the two approaches. Using the closed system method before and during iodine administration revealed between 100 and 1000 times less activity per millimeter of air sample; whereas, the direct radiation exposure values were higher for the control population. Both the experimental and control methods had similar levels of incidental contamination.