The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology (핵의학기술)
- Volume 12 Issue 1
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- Pages.119-122
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- 2008
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- 1229-9901(pISSN)
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- 2982-8406(eISSN)
Radioactive Waste Management Procedure of Thyroid Cancer Patients in Isolation room
치료병실에서 배출되는 방사성오염 폐기물의 처리 방안
- Jeong, Seok (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University Medical) ;
- Oh, Ki-Beak (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University Medical) ;
- Park, Hoon-Heui (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University Medical) ;
- Kim, Jae-Sam (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University Medical) ;
- Lee, Chang-Ho (Department of Nuclear Medicine, Yonsei University Medical)
- 정석 (연세대학교 의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
- 오기백 (연세대학교 의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
- 박훈희 (연세대학교 의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
- 김재삼 (연세대학교 의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과) ;
- 이창호 (연세대학교 의료원 세브란스병원 핵의학과)
- Received : 2007.12.05
- Accepted : 2007.12.30
- Published : 2008.05.11
Abstract
Radioiodine (I-131) Therapy has been known one of the methods treated with hyperthyroidism and thyroid tumor, using a separate ward. This technique has been already used for several decades, and its clinical efficacy proven. Today, Radioiodine takes a form of capsule through continuous development, so, 30 odd domestic hospitals run about 63 separate wards. And, its demands would increase continuously; because of tending upwards the patients had thyroid cancer. However, various kinds of wastes originate from a procedure of radioiodine therapy. Especially, when their radioactivity exceed permissible level (4 Bq/