Assessment of the Radioactive Waste Management in Nuclear Medicine Departments in Khartoum State Hospitals

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to assess radioactive waste management in nuclear medicine departments in Khartoum state hospitals The study was done in two nuclear medicine departments Royal Care International Hospital(RCIH) (using two types of radionuclide TC99m and I131) and Alnilein Medical Diagnostic Centre(NMDC) (using two types of radionuclide TC99m) , during the period from (January-2016 up to september-2016). Data was collected using Analog Radiation Detector at (RCIH) &Halogen-quenched GM tube at (NMDC) The results of this study revealed that discharge of the radioactive waste to the environment was done after 10thhalf life’s of radioactive materials, in both hospital the radioactive waste collected in one bag regardless of type of radioactive waste (gloves, syringe, vials …etc) so TC99m discharge for the environment was done after four days in two departments , and for I131the discharge after Three months . It concluded that the waste management in nuclear medicine departments not use optimum way in nuclear medicine departments in Khartoum state hospitals and it must be consider that the Radioactive materials potentially hazardous if they are not controlled