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  • Title: [Radiation dose to the finger during injection of short-lived radionucleids in nuclear medicine (author's transl)].
    Author: Klose E, Endert G, Kirsch M, Schumann E.
    Journal: Rofo; 1978 Aug; 129(2):234-6. PubMed ID: 151023.
    Abstract:
    The increasing use of short-lived radionucleids has shifted much of the radiation from the patient to the personnel. The purpose of this investigation, therefore, was to ascertain the greatest possible radiation dose to the fingers during injection of short-lived radionucleids. Basis for radiation measurements were small ionisation chambers attached to plastic syringes filled with radio-active material. By examples of typical situations, it was shown that the legally permissable values for partial body exposure may be exceeded. The necessity for using screening of the syringes is stressed. A simple method for making screening cylinders out of Wood's metal is described.
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