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On March 22-24, 2023, workshops combined with training in the field of quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) for PET scanners will be held at the Oncology Center in Bydgoszcz .

This event will consist of 2 parts:

1.  March 22, 2023 – public, free sessions with experts Dr. Elena De Ponti and Dr. Ivo Rausch as part of the QA/QC training for PET scanners, which will take place in a hybrid form. Lectures for the session are available on our YouTube channel KCORwOZ . Participation in this event is open to the public and free of charge on-line (register), and stationary for few selected project participants.

2.  March 23-24, 2023 – practical workshops on PET devices at the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Oncology Center in Bydgoszcz, intended for project participants.

More details about the POL9027 project and the event can be found here.

This year’s 14^th edition of the National Conference “Ionising Radiation in Medicine” PJOMED 2023, organised by the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care, will be held on May 29-30, 2023 as a hybrid event: in Łódź and online on the web platform. More information coming soon.

As part of the POL9027 project, the National Center for Radiological Protection in Health Care developed a questionnaire on the performed PET/CT examinations. The questionnaire was sent to all nuclear medicine units in Poland that have PET/CT devices. Its purpose is to obtain basic information on the 3 most frequently performed PET/CT tests in Poland in 2021: ¹⁸F FDG, ¹⁸F choline and ⁶⁸Ga DOTA-TATE. The data provided by the units will be used to assess the exposure of patients undergoing these tests, referred to in Art. 33 from sec. 5 point 13 of the Atomic Law. This information will also be used as part of the ongoing technical support project of the International Atomic Energy Agency – IAEA TC POL9027. This project is aimed at promoting safety culture and improving the quality control system in nuclear medicine facilities in Poland. The survey can be downloaded here .

Given the significant concern about military action around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and the possibility of similar activity around other NPPs in Ukraine, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), in partnership with SAGE publishing UK, has made ICRP Publication 146 Radiological Protection of People and the Environment in the Event of a Large Nuclear Accident immediately free to access. Although this publication was not specifically intended to cover radioactive releases due to military action, the principles and guidance provided should be helpful should such an unfortunate event occur. We hope this helps those responsible for planning the response to a large nuclear accident to be better prepared, and that it will not be necessary to put these plans into action.

ICRP Publication 146 Free Download