Nuclear Medicine

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTABLISHING A NUCLEAR MEDICINE FACILITY

Administrative Requirements

Completion and submission of NNRA Authorization application form. The form and the guide for filling can be downloaded from the NNRA website
Provision of a certified copies of Memorandum and Article of Association, certificate of incorporation from Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and particulars of your first Directors (form C02 & C05).
Engage the services of NNRA accredited Radiation Safety Adviser (RSA) to assist you in attaining the requirements.
Contractual agreement with the NNRA accredited Dosimetry Service Provider (DSP) for personnel monitoring;
Payment of applicable authorization fees in accordance with Section 47 (1c) of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act 19 of 1995.
The requirements above are compulsory for Premises Registration Certificate, Licence to import radiopharmaceuticals and Licence to use radionuclides for Nuclear Medicine.

Personnel/Training

Evidence of having all necessary personnel indicated below

Nuclear Medicine Physician
Radio chemist or Radio pharmacist
Medical Physicist
Trained Radiation Safety Officer (RSO)
Technologist
Other auxiliary staff (e.g. Oncology Nurses, etc.)and
Copies of CVs, academic and professional qualifications and letter of designation

Equipment

Equipment Specifications: Name of equipment, serial and model numbers, name of manufacturer, year of manufacture, country of manufacture, etc.
Standards to which the SPECT/CT or PET/CT scanner comply.
Calibration Radioactive (sealed) Sources: Type of radionuclide, manufacturer, Activity, and serial number.
Radio chemist or Radio pharmacist
Source serial number
Evidence of having adequate and function radiation survey meters with valid calibration certificates
Evidence of having equipment and all instruments necessary for the installation and conduction of acceptance tests
Evidence of having operation manual with details of overall safety systems including design features, Defense in depth and prevention of unauthorized access to equipment when activated
Evidence of Quality control Test conducted on all ionizing radiation generating equipment

Facility

Name, Addresses and locations of facilities in Nigeria
Provision of a detailed diagram of the layout of the
1. SPECT/CT or PET/CT scanner Imaging room
2. Patient uptake room/ward
3. Dedicated patient toilets
4. Radioactive waste storage facility
5. Radionuclide (sealed and unsealed) storage facility.
Submission of shielding assessment of the facility and demarcation of the control and supervised areas.

Radiation Protection Programme

Adequate programs for radiation protection, safety and security equipment
Evidence of engagement an NNRA accredited Dosimetry Service Provider (DSP) who shall be responsible for monitoring staff that will be involved in operations of the x-ray machines
Emergency contact numbers including that of NNRA contact numbers to be included emergency programme
Description of policies for assigning monitoring badges to workers, review of individual doses including reference levels and actions to be taken when values are exceeded
Establishment of local rules in written form

Fee