Best practices for mitigating extremity exposures with PET unidose pigs

The main objective of a radiation protection program is to protect workers, the public, and the environment by ensuring that radiation doses are kept As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA). In order to meet this objective, licensees may establish action levels that serve as an early warning before regulatory dose limits are reached and serve as a trigger for the investigation and implementation of corrective actions.

This presentation goes over the investigation into extremity exposures following an exceedance of action levels at Isologic Innovative Radiopharmaceuticals. It includes the analysis of the inciting event, a study of the dose rate profiles surrounding unidose pigs, and the resulting corrective actions. Lastly, some best practices that can be used to reduce extremity exposures in radiopharmacies shall be discussed.