TY - JOUR T1 - Establishment of a National Program for Quality Control of Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation JF - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology JO - J. Nucl. Med. Technol. SP - 203 LP - 206 DO - 10.2967/jnmt.108.053504 VL - 36 IS - 4 AU - Marco A. Coca Perez AU - Leonel A. Torres Aroche AU - Gladys López Bejerano AU - Roberto Fraxedas Mayor AU - Consuelo Varela Corona AU - Adlin López Y1 - 2008/12/01 UR - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/36/4/203.abstract N2 - Monitoring the quality of instrumentation used in nuclear medicine is mandatory to guarantee the clinical efficacy of medical practice. A national program for the quality control of nuclear medicine instruments was established in Cuba and was certified and approved by the regulatory authorities. The program, which establishes official regulations and audit services, sets up educational activities, distributes technical documentation, and maintains a national phantom bank, constitutes a valuable and useful tool to guarantee the quality of nuclear medicine instrumentation. ER -