Which of the following bodies regulates the transportation of radiopharmaceuticals?
ANSWER
DOT
Which of the following bodies regulates the use of investigational pharmaceuticals?
ANSWER
FDA
In the event of a spill of 99m Tc to clothes, one should immediately:
ANSWER
Remove and store the clothes until they decay to background
If a radiopharmaceutical is spilled on the floor, the first priority is to:
ANSWER
Cover the area with absorbent paper and restrict access around it
The inverse square law, in words, says:
ANSWER
if you double the distance from the source of activity, you reduce exposure to 25% of the
original intensity
What is the best way to decrease the radioactive dose to visitors if a patient is surveyed to
emit 3 mR/h at bedside?
ANSWER
1
, Have the visitor sit or stand as far as possible from bedside
Which of the following isotopes would be effectively shielded in a plastic syringe?
ANSWER
89 Sr
What is the NRC annual dose limit allowed to the lens of the eye?
ANSWER
15 rem
Which of the following should be used when administering an intravenous pharmaceutical
to a patient?
ANSWER
Gloves
Which of the following is the most effective means of measuring low levels of removable
contamination?
ANSWER
By performing a wipe test
What is the dose rate limit at the package surface for a shipment of radioactive material
bearing a Yellow-III label?
ANSWER
200 mR/h
Which of the following measures absorbed doses?
ANSWER
Gray
2
ANSWER
DOT
Which of the following bodies regulates the use of investigational pharmaceuticals?
ANSWER
FDA
In the event of a spill of 99m Tc to clothes, one should immediately:
ANSWER
Remove and store the clothes until they decay to background
If a radiopharmaceutical is spilled on the floor, the first priority is to:
ANSWER
Cover the area with absorbent paper and restrict access around it
The inverse square law, in words, says:
ANSWER
if you double the distance from the source of activity, you reduce exposure to 25% of the
original intensity
What is the best way to decrease the radioactive dose to visitors if a patient is surveyed to
emit 3 mR/h at bedside?
ANSWER
1
, Have the visitor sit or stand as far as possible from bedside
Which of the following isotopes would be effectively shielded in a plastic syringe?
ANSWER
89 Sr
What is the NRC annual dose limit allowed to the lens of the eye?
ANSWER
15 rem
Which of the following should be used when administering an intravenous pharmaceutical
to a patient?
ANSWER
Gloves
Which of the following is the most effective means of measuring low levels of removable
contamination?
ANSWER
By performing a wipe test
What is the dose rate limit at the package surface for a shipment of radioactive material
bearing a Yellow-III label?
ANSWER
200 mR/h
Which of the following measures absorbed doses?
ANSWER
Gray
2
