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- Make Plans to Attend the APhA
Meeting
- The upcoming APhA meeting in Seattle
promises to a great opportunity for expanding your knowledge with
continuing education and expanding your network and friendships with
fellow nuclear pharmacists. For a list of selected activities
click
here.
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- New APhA Section Officers Needed
- Being a nuclear section officer for
APhA is a great professional experience. Each year we are
looking for nuclear pharmacists to apply for these leadership
positions. In 2004, we will be electing a new Chair-Elect and
a Member-at-Large for two year terms. If you would like to
apply as a candidate, you must submit the
application form by April 25, 2004.
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- Update from BPS
- APhA appointed Daniel Driver, MS,
BCNP, National Naval Medical Center and George Hinkle, MS, BCNP,
Ohio State University Medical Center to the BPS Specialty Council on
Nuclear Pharmacy for the 2004-2006 term. Michele Beauvais
and Brigette Nelson were elected to serve as Chair and Vice-Chair.
Also serving as specialist members are Richard Hammes and Robert
Massey. Following the last BCNP examination 24 out of 37
candidates were added to the roster for a total of 468 board
certified nuclear pharmacists.
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- A Quality Control Measure for
Elutions
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When
the
Mallinckrodt Ultra-TechneKow DTE
generators are manufactured a yellow dye
packet is placed in the lead or DU shielding adjacent to but
external to the Mo-99 column. This is intended to be a visual
indicator of the loss of column integrity, such as a cracked
column. Because the unit is a wet column generator the large saline
vial can "drain" due to gravity and liquid can contact the dye
packet. Should you experience a
discolored (yellow) eluate do not use that eluate for patient use.
The generator should be removed from use
and the
manufacturer should be contacted.
- Happy Birthday to any Leap Year
babies! Did you know that Julius Caesar established Leap Years
in 45 B.C.!
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| March 6 |
Pittsburgh Chapter SNM Meeting,
Pittsburgh, PA |
| March
21-26 |
4th Annual Snowbird 2004 Clinical
Nuclear Medicine - Focus on PET and PET/CT, Snowbird, UT |
| March
26-28 |
Greater New York Chapter SNMT,
Tarrytown, NY |
- March
26-30
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APhA Annual Meeting in
Seattle, WA
Make your reservations! NEO Luncheon on Saturday!
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April 2-4 |
Southwest Chapter SNM Meeting in
Austin, TX |
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April 25 |
Deadline for APhA Section Officer
Application |
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June 19-23 |
SNM 51st Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA |
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Sept. 4-9 |
FIP Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, LA |
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Sept. 4-8 |
European
Nuclear Medicine Meeting, Helsinki, Finland |
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The average American
receives about 0.28 mSv (28 mrem) per year from
terrestrial sources of radiation. The amount
of radiation from natural sources depends on the
geographic region. Denver receives
approximately 50% more than other areas on the U.S.
But you may want to think twice about planning a
trip to Guarapari Beach in Brazil, where the
terrestrial radiation is the highest on earth at
800 mSv·a-1! The beach sands
eroded from the surrounding mountains tend to
concentrate heavy metals. The natural sloshing and
washing of the waves tends to remove all the silt
and clay from the soil. A one week vacation
at Guarapari Beach is equivalent to living three
years in the city of Pripyat, the permanently
evacuated city near Chernobyl. |
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A 32 year old woman with history of
right ureteropelvic junction obstruction. She previously had
undergone laparoscopic pyeloplasty.
Continued....
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