Radionuclide Calibrator

Course description

This two-day e-learning course has been designed to support the effective use of radionuclide calibrators in a clinical setting. It teaches learners the right skills and strategies to use when operating them, and provides a methodological approach when implementing quality assurance tasks and identifying sources of uncertainty.

Course objectives:

To maximise the accuracy of activity measurements in hospitals, leading to better outcomes for patients.
To help meet nuclear medicine competencies, and thus comply with regulations.
To improve quality assurance processes, leading to increased confidence in radionuclide calibrator performance.
To improve assessment of processes and outcomes, through enhanced understanding of measurement uncertainty.

Who is it for?

Medical physicists working in nuclear medicine.
Nuclear medicine technologists and practitioners.
Trainees on the NHS PTP or STP training programmes.
Radiopharmacists.
Those working in radiopharmacies.

Further Information

Certificate Type:	NPL Certificate of Completion
Available as open course:	Yes
Available as in-house course:	Yes

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Learning outcomes

Understand the operation of a radionuclide calibrator and its constituent parts.
Understand the term calibration factor.
Explain the factors affecting the response of an ionisation chamber.
Use the specifications of a range of radionuclide calibrators to recommend the most appropriate in a given situation.
Understand the importance of traceability to activity measurement.
Understand the calibration of secondary standard radionuclide calibrators against primary standards, and field instruments against reference instruments.
Use a range of strategies to derive calibration factors and dial settings, taking into account the geometries of source and chamber.
Use copper filters appropriately in the measurement of beta-emitters and low-energy gamma emitters.
Be able to perform a range of acceptance and Quality Assurance tests, including linearity, repeatability and accuracy.
Identify the main sources of uncertainty in radionuclide calibrator measurements.
Evaluate measurement uncertainty in a given situation for a radionuclide calibrator.

Date(s) of next course

Available at any time

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