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Quality control of radioactive products for patient administration at the national institutes of health
Author(s) -
Vacca Patricia C.,
Farkas Raymond J.,
Semler Mark O.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of labelled compounds
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.432
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1099-1344
pISSN - 0022-2135
DOI - 10.1002/jlcr.2590090419
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , product (mathematics) , control (management) , medicine , medical physics , nuclear medicine , computer science , mathematics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence
This paper describes the quality control procedure for radioactive materials destined for patient use at the National Institutes of Health. The Radiopharmaceutical Section is responsible for attesting to pharmaceutical quality, while the Radiation Safety Section performs per‐unit‐volume assays and radionuclidic purity checks on these materials. Types and examples of product error are presented as well as statistical data on essay discrepancies. The frequency of error during the past ten years indicates the necessity of continued quality control testing of all radioactive materials, regardless of source of supply and prior administration to patients.