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Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 9/2017

01-08-2017 | Announcements

An insight into the EANM technologist committee benchmark document on nuclear medicine technologists’ competencies

Authors: Pedro Fragoso Costa, Andrea Santos, Giorgio Testanera

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 9/2017

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Defining the scope and roles of the young profession of the Nuclear Medicine Technologist (NMT) is not an easy task. The EANM and IAEA have previously agreed on use of this terminology when referring to a health care professional who has contact with patients (as opposed to technicians) and is able to undertake the whole range of nuclear medicine diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, under the direction of a nuclear medicine physician [1, 2]. …
Literature
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go back to reference IAEA. International Atomic Energy Agency: Nuclear medicine resources manual. Vienna; 2006. IAEA. International Atomic Energy Agency: Nuclear medicine resources manual. Vienna; 2006.
3.
go back to reference European Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom on basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom. Official Journal of the European Union; 2014 L13:1–17. European Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom on basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom. Official Journal of the European Union; 2014 L13:1–17.
Metadata
Title
An insight into the EANM technologist committee benchmark document on nuclear medicine technologists’ competencies
Authors
Pedro Fragoso Costa
Andrea Santos
Giorgio Testanera
Publication date
01-08-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 9/2017
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-017-3741-1

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