The Canadian experience in performing accuracy checks on administered doses of radiopharmaceuticals

Innovative methodology for intercomparison of radionuclide calibrators using short half-lifein situprepared radioactive sources

“…1 The first intercomparison of radionuclide calibrators was carried out by the College of American Pathologists in the United States of America in the early 1980s. 2 Since then, several countries implemented comparison programs for several radionuclides: United Kingdom, [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] India, 12,13 Argentina, 14,15 Hungary, 16,17 Germany, 18 Australia, 19 Canada, 20 Brazil, [21][22][23][24] Czech Republic, 25,26 Switzerland, 27 and Cuba. 28 The comparison methodology, as well as the radionuclides used, varied between studies.…”