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Reduction in radioactive internal contamination by 99mTc among medical personnel in nuclear medicine facilities with the use of respiratory tract protection measures
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Reduction in radioactive internal contamination by 99mTc among medical personnel in nuclear medicine facilities with the use of respiratory tract protection measures
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| title: | Reduction in radioactive internal contamination by 99mTc among medical personnel in nuclear medicine facilities with the use of respiratory tract protection measures |
| author: | Brudecki Kamil, Borkowska Eliza  , Gorzkiewicz Krzysztof, Kostkiewicz Magdalena , Misiak Ryszard, Mróz Tomasz , Nalichowska Ewa |
| journal title: | Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry |
| volume: | 331 |
| issue: | 1 |
| date of publication : | 2022 |
| pages: | 5061-5065 |
| ISSN: |
0236-5731 |
| eISSN: |
1588-2780 |
| DOI: | |
| URL: |
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10967-022-08639-w |
| date accessed: |
2022-12-16 |
| notes: | Online First 2022-11-24 |
| language: | English |
| journal language: | English |
| abstract in English: | The main objective of the present publication was to assess the reduction of internal radioactive contamination with $^{99m}$Tc among medical personnel of nuclear medicine facilities using generally available respiratory tract protection systems. During the current research project, four respiratory tract protection systems were tested by estimation of $^{99m}$Tc activity levels in blood samples collected from medical personnel. Medical staf were equipped with a disposable surgical mask, a half mask with gas absorbers, a half mask with aerosol absorbers and a half mask with gas absorbers with added Petryanov flter. The presented results indicate that wearing only a disposable surgical mask may signifcantly reduce radioactive internal contamination among medical personnel and improve their safety in the workplace. The best results of reduced $^{99m}$Tc concentration in the blood were achieved by the use of a half mask with gas absorbers with added Pertryanov flters and a half mask with aerosol absorbers, where the reduction factors were estimated at 90% and 80%, respectively. Respiratory tract protection systems should become standard equipment for medical personnel performing ventilation–perfusion SPECT lung scans. |
| keywords in English: | $^{99m}$Tc, internal contamination, medical personnel, blood, lung, perfusion, ventilation, scintigraphy |
| affiliation: | Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Wydział Lekarski : Instytut Kardiologii, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej : Instytut Fizyki im. Mariana Smoluchowskiego |
| type: | journal article |
| subtype: | academic paper |
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