Nuclear Medicine ARRT Questions and Answers graded A+
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Nuclear Medicine ARRT Questions and Answers graded A+
Whole Body TEDE (Total Effective Dose Equivalent)
50 millisieverts or 5 rem per year
Any Organ or tissue (TEDE)
500 millisieverts or 50 rem per year
-Same as skin or any extremity
Skin or any extremity (SDE)
500 millisieverts ...
Nuclear Medicine ARRT Questions and
Answers graded A+
Whole Body TEDE (Total Effective Dose Equivalent) - answer 50 millisieverts or 5
rem per year
Any Organ or tissue (TEDE) - answer 500 millisieverts or 50 rem per year
-Same as skin or any extremity
Skin or any extremity (SDE) - answer 500 millisieverts or 50 rem per year
-Same as any organ or tissue
Lens of an eye (LDE) - answer 150 millisieverts or 15 rem per year
Embryo/Fetus (of occupationally exposed worker) - answer 5 millisieverts or 0.5 rem
for the entire pregnancy
Member of general public (TEDE) - answer 1 millisieverts or 0.1 rem per year
Dot 1 (White) - answer -At contact, no more than 0.5 mR/hr
-At 3 feet, no detected radioactivity (NDR)
Dot II (yellow) - answer -At contact, no more than 50 mR/hr
-At 3 feet, no more than 1 mR/hr
Dot III (yellow) - answer -At contact, no more than 200 mR/hr
-At 3 feet, no more than 10 mR/hr
Caution Radiation Area - answer -Could receive more than 0.05 mSv (5 mrem) in 1
hour at 30 cm
-Commonly seen at entrances of nuc med labs
Caution High Radiation Area - answer -Could receive more than 1 mSv (100rem) in
1hr at 30 cm
-Commonly seen in areas where radiation therapy is performed
Grave Danger Very High Radiation Area - answer -Could receive more than 5 gy
(500 rad) in 1hr at 1m
-Not commonly seen in the hospital setting
Restricted Areas - answer No more than 0.05 mSv/hr (5 mrem/hr)
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