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. 2023 May 24;199(8-9):962-969.
doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncad098.

A real-time system to report abnormal events involving staff in a nuclear medicine therapy unit

Giorgia Stendardo  1 , Cristina Nuccetelli  2 , Sveva Grande  3 , Alessandra Palma  3 , Gennaro Venoso  2 , Carmine Zicari  4 , Claudio Andenna  4 , Giuseppe Frau  5 , Ilaria Bonanno  5 , Valeria Landoni  6 , Rosa Sciuto  6 , Vicente Bruzzaniti  6 , Bartolomeo Cassano  6 , Giuseppe Iaccarino  6 , Federica Murtas  6 , Cristina Canzi  7 , Felicia Zito  7 , Paola Fattibene  1
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A real-time system to report abnormal events involving staff in a nuclear medicine therapy unit

Giorgia Stendardo et al. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. .

Abstract

A system for internal and voluntary reporting of abnormal events in a Nuclear Medicine Therapy Unit is described. This system is based on the Internet of Things and is composed of an application for mobile devices and a wireless network of detectors. The application is addressed to healthcare professionals and is intended to be a user-friendly tool to make the reporting procedure little laborious. The network of detectors allows for a real-time measurement of the dose distribution in the patient's room. The staff was involved in all stages, from the design of the dosimetry system and mobile application up to their final testing. Face-to-face interviews were carried out with 24 operators in different roles in the Unit (radiation protection experts, physicians, physicists, nuclear medicine technicians and nurses). The preliminary results of the interviews and the current state of development of the application and the detection network will be described.

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Figure 1
SIREN app interface. The app is in Italian language and the translation of the text in the homepage is shown.
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Internal reporting workflow. The boxes in black and bold refer to the steps in which the SIREN application can be used.
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Figure 3
Position of the dosemeters relative to the patient in the shielded room: (A) 0.5 m; (B) 2 m; (C) 1 m; (D) 2 m; (E) in the bathroom.
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