The effectiveness of decontamination products in the nuclear medicine department

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 191-194

  Ruhman, Nicholas ^a   Grantham, Vesper ^a   Martin, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Pertechnetate contamination; Wet spills

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BLEACHING AGENT; PLASTIC; POLYESTER; RUBBER; SOAP; TECHNETIUM 99M; VINYL DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOACTIVITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECONTAMINATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79251513959     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.110.076919     Document Type: Article

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