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A number of nuclear medicine procedures require the administration of non-radioactive medicinal products in order to optimise the biodistribution of the radiopharmaceutical. The preparation and administration of these medicines is often undertaken by non-medical personnel including nurses, radiographers and nuclear medicine clinical practitioners.

This document provides guidance on the preparation and administration of these non-radioactive medicines and should be read in conjunction with ‘Certificate for the administration of intravenous radiopharmaceuticals by healthcare professionals working in nuclear medicine’ (BNMS Nurses and technology Groups) 1 (Appendix and ‘Safety in Doses: Improving the use of medicines in the UK’ (NPSA)2

Reviewed May 2016 by Dr Bev Ellis on behalf of the BNMS Professional Standards Committee

Guidance for the administration of medicinal products by non-medical personnel as part of Clinical Nuclear Medicine Procedures 2016

Now published in NMC from Jan 2024

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Reviewed September 2022 by Prof Richard Graham

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REVISED DECEMBER 2018

This document is a collaboration between the BNMS Nurses' and Technology Groups. It is intended as a transferable record of practical experience for non-medical staff performing intravenous injections.

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The Society, in conjunction with the British Nuclear Cardiac Society have produced general training guidelines and assessment.

Last Reviewed 2016

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Reviewed November 2018

This guideline must be read in conjunction with the BNMS Generic Guidelines. The purpose of this guideline is to assist specialists in Nuclear Medicine and Radionuclide Radiology in recommending, performing, interpreting and reporting the results of dynamic renal radionuclide studies. This guideline will assist individual departments in the development and formulation of their own local protocols.

Dynamic Renal Radionuclide Studies Guidelines 2018

British Nuclear Medicine Society Clinical Guidelines for Gastric emptying
Notghi, Alp; James, Gregory; Hay, Peter D

Purpose
The purpose of this guideline is to assist specialists in nuclear medicine and radionuclide radiology in recommending, performing, interpreting and reporting the results of gastric emptying studies.
This guideline will assist individual departments to formulate their own local protocols.
This does not aim to be prescriptive regarding technical aspects of individual camera acquisitions, which need to be developed in conjunction with the local Medical Physics Expert.
These guidelines pertain only to adult patients.

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Gastric emptying guideline

Recently reviewed and updated

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This guideline must be read in conujunction with the BNMS Generic guidelines. The purpose of this guideline is to assist specialists in Nuclear Medicine and Radionuclide Radiology in recommending, performing, interpreting and reporting the results of lymphoscintigraphy. This guideline will assist individual departments to formulate their own local protocols.

Lymphoscintigraphy PDF

New Report 2018 (replacing 2004 guideline)

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Version 1 published July 2019

Clinical guidelines for Parathyroid Scintigraphy

The purpose of this guideline is to assist specialists in nuclear medicine and radionuclide radiology in recommending, performing, interpreting and reporting radionuclide cardiac ventriculograms (RNVG), also commonly known as multiple gated acquisition (MUGA) scans.It will assist individual departments in the development and formulation of their own local protocols.

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Reviewed November 2018 by Dr John Buscombe

The purpose of this guideline is to assist practitioners in recommending, performing, interpreting and reporting sentinel node imaging for identifying sentinel nodes for excisional biopsy in patients with breast carcinoma.

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British Nuclear Medicine Society Clinical Guidelines for SeHCAT guidelines
Notghi, Alp; James, Gregory; O’Brien, Joseph; Arasaradnam, Ramesh; Peters, Adrien Michael; McKiddie, Fergus; Watts, Tim

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British Nuclear Medicine Society SeHCAT guidelines

British Nuclear Medicine Society Clinical Guidelines for Static renal cortical scintigraphy in paediatrics
Biassoni, Lorenzo; Walker, Matthew; Redman, Stewart; Graham, Richard

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Please note: At the time of writing these documents reflected current UK practice. However, practice does change and therefore some aspects of the guidance may be superceded before the document's review date.

 

 

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