Scintigraphy- licensing of premises, HELP

Re: Scintigraphy- licensing of premises, HELP

Jenny t — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:54:12 GMT

Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated.

Thank you especially Frances, that was very useful indeed.

Re: Scintigraphy- licensing of premises, HELP

Frances Barr — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:23:58 GMT

There's also a textbook on equine scintigraphy (by Dyson and others) but this might give more detail than you want. Bartec are a company which provide a lot of the gear, so they may be able to help too.

Precise regulations depend on the type of isotope which you would be using (which in turn depends on the type of examinations you would be doing). Most often use technetium 99m which has a short half life, and regulations are therefore not too restrictive. But will depend on your RPA. Basically the RPA will consider the isotope and its half life, and then advise on - handling the isotope carefully in terms of storage, drawing up into a syringe and injecting; safe storage/ disposal of residual isotope/consumables; safe housing and handling of the patient while radioactive; safe disposal of radioactive waste (urine / faeces); personnel monitoring; the procedure itself. ie Specific Local Rules and system of work.

If you're doing scintigraphy, you have a license to use a particular isotope, up to a specified activity limit.

Hope this helps.

Re: Scintigraphy- licensing of premises, HELP

bob lehner — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:02:32 GMT

Your practice RPA might be able to help.

Re: Scintigraphy- licensing of premises, HELP

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:28:29 GMT

I can't help directly but I'd suggest finding an equine practice that does scintigraphy - for instance Rossdales, or the Animal Health Trust at Newmarket - and write very nicely to them to ask what they have to do.