title: Introduction to suspension levels: nuclear medicine.
abstract: In 2007, the European Commission (EC) commissioned a group of experts to undertake the revision of Report Radiation Protection (RP) 91, written in 1997, on 'Criteria for acceptability of radiological (including radiotherapy) and nuclear medicine installations'. The revised draft report was submitted to the EC. Before publication, the EC issued this document for public consultation and has commissioned the same group of experts to consider the comments of the public consultation in further improving the revised report. The EC intends to publish the final report under its Radiation Report Series with the number RP 162. This paper introduces the project and presents the methodology adopted to devise the criteria of acceptability/suspension levels for nuclear medicine equipment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Nicosia General Hospital, 219 Old Nicosia Limassol Road, 2029 Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus. cstelios@cytanet.com.cy
authors.forename: Stelios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christofides
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.forename: Soren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mattson
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Horton
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D061214:Patient Safety; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D011786:Quality Control; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000494:pharmacology; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals