Competency information
Details
Perform contamination monitoring and decontamination of a treatment room post radionuclide therapy administration
Considerations
- Radiopharmaceutical retention and route(s) of excretion
- Ionising Radiations regulations 1999 (IRR99), Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR)
- Selection and operation of contamination monitors, including detectors, decontamination measures and radioactive waste management under EPR
- Implications of ineffective monitoring and decontamination for patients, staff and public
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 6 | Outcome Undertake practical radiation safety tasks required to deliver a service, including the effective communication of risk, decontamination procedures and radioactive waste management |