Evaluation of nursing team activities to ensure staff and patient safety in a nuclear medicine and PET/ CT laboratory in Brazil
Comfort, proper guidance and preparation for exams, and patient safety are the main focus of nursing care for those undergoing scintigraphic or PET/CT exams in a nuclear medicine service. These activities must be monitored for radiological safety to ensure radiation protection for the nursing team. OBJECTIVES: (a) To evaluate the dosimetry of the nursing staff before (2018 and 2019) and after (2022 and 2023) the installation of PET/CT equipment and two other gamma cameras in a nuclear medicine service; (b) To describe the administrative and care activities of the nursing staff in a nuclear medicine and PET/CT laboratory; (c) To correlate dosimetry with the activities performed by the nursing staff, proposing actions to reduce the team's exposure to ionizing radiation. METHODOLOGY: A survey of doses was conducted using the dosimetry reports of all members of the nursing team in two time windows, from 2018 to 2019 (before the pandemic, in an old laboratory), and from 2022 to 2023 (after the pandemic, in a new nuclear medicine laboratory equipped with PET/CT equipment). A survey will be conducted of all activities performed by the nursing team before and after the installation of PET/CT equipment. A statistical correlation will be performed between the activities before and after PET/CT with the dosimetry recorded for the nursing team. EXPECTED RESULTS: Evolutionary dosimetric analysis between two moments of a Nuclear Medicine Service, in which new radiopharmaceuticals and new hybrid imaging technology equipment (X-rays and Gamma rays) were incorporated. Analysis of the activities performed by the nursing team that offered the highest and lowest radioactive exposures in a working day.
Evaluation of nursing team activities to ensure staff and patient safety in a nuclear medicine and PET/ CT laboratory in Brazil
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.515732605025
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Palavras-chave: Nursing, Nuclear Medicine, Dosimetry, Radiation Protection, Nursing Activities.
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Keywords: Nursing, Nuclear Medicine, Dosimetry, Radiation Protection, Nursing Activities.
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Abstract:
Comfort, proper guidance and preparation for exams, and patient safety are the main focus of nursing care for those undergoing scintigraphic or PET/CT exams in a nuclear medicine service. These activities must be monitored for radiological safety to ensure radiation protection for the nursing team. OBJECTIVES: (a) To evaluate the dosimetry of the nursing staff before (2018 and 2019) and after (2022 and 2023) the installation of PET/CT equipment and two other gamma cameras in a nuclear medicine service; (b) To describe the administrative and care activities of the nursing staff in a nuclear medicine and PET/CT laboratory; (c) To correlate dosimetry with the activities performed by the nursing staff, proposing actions to reduce the team's exposure to ionizing radiation. METHODOLOGY: A survey of doses was conducted using the dosimetry reports of all members of the nursing team in two time windows, from 2018 to 2019 (before the pandemic, in an old laboratory), and from 2022 to 2023 (after the pandemic, in a new nuclear medicine laboratory equipped with PET/CT equipment). A survey will be conducted of all activities performed by the nursing team before and after the installation of PET/CT equipment. A statistical correlation will be performed between the activities before and after PET/CT with the dosimetry recorded for the nursing team. EXPECTED RESULTS: Evolutionary dosimetric analysis between two moments of a Nuclear Medicine Service, in which new radiopharmaceuticals and new hybrid imaging technology equipment (X-rays and Gamma rays) were incorporated. Analysis of the activities performed by the nursing team that offered the highest and lowest radioactive exposures in a working day.
- Tatiana de Lourdes Gonzalez Sampedro
