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Radiopharmaceutical Extravasations: Hazards, Mitigation, and Prevention

Radiopharmaceutical Extravasations: Hazards, Mitigation, and Prevention
1.5 CE ARRT Online Video
Course Credit Type
CE ARRT
Course Category
Nuclear Medicine
Course Format
Online Video
Course Credit
1.5
Course Release Date
May 26, 2021
Course Expiration Date
May 26, 2022
Course Cost / Access
Included with your license benefits
Program Summary
Learning Objectives:
  1. Mechanisms of how a radiopharmaceutical extravasation affects the quality and quantification of nuclear medicine imaging studies.
  2. Potential effects of a radiopharmaceutical extravasation on the interpretation of nuclear medicine studies or therapy and ensuing patient care.
  3. Primary factors (amount of and types of radiation emissions, biological clearance, and affected tissue volumes) that contribute to the absorbed dose in patient tissue and the process to characterize the absorbed dose from a radiopharmaceutical extravasation.
  4. Effects of ionizing radiation on normal tissue and when symptoms appear.
  5. Mitigation steps to reduce absorbed dose to tissue from a radiopharmaceutical extravasation.
  6. Prevention techniques to minimize the frequency of radiopharmaceutical extravasations.