%A"Volodin, V" %A"Hanson, G P" %D1992 %I; International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria). Nuclear Medicine Section %2 %J[] %K55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES, 56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES, ALARA, BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DOSIMETRY, MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY, PLANNING, RADIATION MONITORING, RADIATION PROTECTION, RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, RADIOLOGICAL PERSONNEL, RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS, RECOMMENDATIONS %PMedium: ED; Size: pp. 689-703 %TRadiation protection in nuclear medicine %XThe goal of this Chapter is to give a general outline of the essential principles and procedures for radiation protection in a nuclear medicine department where radionuclides are used for diagnosis and therapy. More detailed recommendations regarding radiation protection in nuclear medicine are given in the publications of the International Commission on Radiation Protection (ICRP, publications 25, 57, 60) and in ILO/IAEA/WHO Manual on Radiation Protection in Hospitals and General Practice (Volume 2: Unsealed Sources, WHO, Geneva, 1975), on which this Chapter is based. This chapter is not intended to replace the above-mentioned international recommendations on radiation protection, as well as existing national regulations on this subject, but intended only to provide guidance for implementing these recommendations in clinical practice %0Technical Report %NNMS-1;Other: ON: DE98635463; TRN: XA9847633049631 %1 %CIAEA %Rhttps://doi.org/ Other: ON: DE98635463; TRN: XA9847633049631 INIS %GEnglish