Radiopharmacist's Notes · Saxsons PET Tungsten Syringe Shield

Notes for the radiopharmacist runningthe PET dispensing line.

Each post covers one aspect of running the tungsten 9 mm syringe shield through the daily PET dispensing line — per-isotope workflow, size-coded cap identification, ring-badge extremity-dose monitoring, and the records the AERB inspector reads.

Saxsons PET Tungsten Syringe Shield

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Dispensing workflow

Four isotope lines, one tungsten chassis, size-coded caps

Per-isotope dispensing-line workflow — F-18 / Ga-68 / Lu-177 / Cu-64 size + variant selection with AERB extremity-dose record entries per line. Cap colour identifies the syringe size (Red = 2 cc, Black = 3 cc, Blue = 5 cc).

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Where next

Two more pages, depending on what you need.

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Tungsten 9 mm in plain English

Tungsten attenuation at 511 keV and what the AERB / ICRP extremity-dose framework requires.

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Specs and variant matrix

Sizes 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 / 10 cc, turn-lock + thumb-screw, size-coded caps.