Guidelines in Nuclear Medicine Print E-mail
Sunday, 07 January 2007 18:49
Guidelines in Nuclear Medicine have been, and continue to be, developed by a number of organisations throughout the world. National regulations on the administration of radioactive substances and differences in clinical practice and service delivery mean that guidelines do not readily apply across regional and national boundaries. In Europe, the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) coordinating the development of guidelines, but recognises the need for national guidelines.


The BNMS does not wish to produce large, detailed guidelines covering the performance of specific diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. It does, however, wish to produce succinct Quality Guidelines which address the key aspects of procedures that affect the quality of the result. In this respect the BNMS guidelines seek to draw on published evidence to support quality statements.
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Adjustment of administered Activity for Paediatrics Print E-mail
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 12:28
The BNMS are aware that both the EANM and the ARSAC provide guidelines on the calculation of the administered activity required for paediatric Nuclear Medicine procedures.  The scaling factors given by the guidelines are different.  Members of the BNMS have contacted the Society for advice about which guidelines to follow.

The ARSAC are reviewing the weighing factors that are currently published in the Notes for Guidance (1).
The BNMS advises centres to use the existing ARSAC guidelines until this work is complete.

[1] ARSAC Newsletter 2009