Nuclear medicine is an emerging discipline that employs nuclear technology to diagnose, treat and study diseases. Nuclear medicine can be divided into two categories, namely, clinical nuclear medicine and basic nuclear medicine or experimental nuclear medicine.
The former is closely integrated with clinical departments and mutual penetration. Nuclear medicine by organ or system can be divided into cardiovascular nuclear medicine, neurological nuclear medicine, digestive system nuclear medicine, endocrine nuclear medicine, pediatric nuclear medicine and therapeutic nuclear medicine.
Requirements:
1, the staff should understand the basic knowledge of radionuclides and clinical knowledge, and be familiar with the work routine, according to the relevant provisions of the assessment of qualified, qualified experience, and according to the national provisions of the radioactive work permit to formally participate in the operation.
2, medical nuclide room building is broadly divided into: clean area (office, conference room); work area (measurement room, scanning room, tracer room, etc.); active area (injection room, storage source room, subassembly room, washing room, sick room, etc.).
Working area and the active area should be based on the intensity of radioactivity is different, and further differentiated into high, medium and low active area. Between the clean area and the active area, the work area should be hygienic through the room and cleaning, decontamination facilities; clean area and the active area should have their own independent access to the outside world, there are their own restrooms for the staff and the patient access and use.
3, the staff should wear protective gear to enter the active area, and should pass through the sanitary pass room for cleaning before leaving the high activity operation area.