Section 5: Article 35 of the Royal Decree of 13/02/20 states that the operator of facilities using radiological installations and radioactive sources must ensure that an accredited medical radiation physicist verifies annually the conformity of all devices using the acceptance criteria applicable at that time.

Not only must compliance with the applicable legislation be ensured, but every dose administered must be kept at a reasonably low level to obtain the required diagnostic information, taking into account economic and social factors (ALARA).

What you need to know

Support from a recognized expert in medical radiation physics - nuclear medicine

Our expert in medical radiation physics will relieve you of tasks related to patient radiation protection (see below) in the field of nuclear medicine.

New installations

If you are purchasing a new device, our experts will support you in drafting the technical specifications, evaluating quotes, and the purchasing procedure.

Our expert is responsible for commissioning and will provide you with written permission for the initial clinical use.

When purchasing medical radiological equipment, the operator must ensure that appropriate training with demonstration is provided for all individuals who will use the equipment. Our experts can assist you in this regard regarding the medical radiation physics aspects.

Quality control

Our accredited expert in medical radiation physics - radiology conducts quality control according to applicable criteria, measuring the important criteria for patient radiation protection.

Our experts will assist you in drafting procedures for any intermediate quality control or calibrations. A number of periodic tests must be performed by the department itself. Your radiation physicist will also monitor the results of these during the annual inspection.

Estimation of the dose received by a fetus from a pregnant patient after nuclear medicine treatment

You can also rely on these services for an estimate of the administered dose during accidental irradiation of a pregnant woman. We will use the necessary models to estimate the dose received by the unborn child.

We can also assist you in preparing the analysis of events that have led or could have led to accidental or unintended exposure and can collaborate in drafting corrective actions.

We can also help you fill out the documents that you need to send to the FANC.

Advantages

We will provide you with a report in digital form of the conducted checks or the analyzed data. This report contains detailed information of the performed measurements/analyses (including the circumstances under which they were carried out, to simplify communication with the company responsible for maintaining the equipment). The inspection report also includes an overview of the observations and a summary list of the devices that do (or do not) comply with the legally defined limitations.

All our reports are available on the customer portal. Don't have access yet? Let us know via controlatom@vincotte.be.