Alliance Medical PET-CT Scanning Facility Installed At Norwich Hospital Owner’s Manual
- June 16, 2024
- Alliance Medical
Table of Contents
A guide to the production of your
individual injection for
PET-CT
Imaging services provider
Production of your individual injection is performed using specialist
equipment called a Cyclotron and usually begins at 1 am.
The production process makes radioactive tracers – this involves the
attachment of glucose toa radioisotope of Fluorine.
This is a lengthy process and requires a number of steps to make sure the
correct material is produced and safe to use.
The first batch of injections are dispatched under quarantine at around barn
in order to reach your local PET-CT Centre in time for your appointment. The
radioactive tracer used for your injection is only active for a short period
of time; it gradually becomes less active and no longer of use. For this
reason the injections are sent before testing, as they may have to travel a
significant distance to the PET-CT centre.
Further injections are sent in batches throughout the day due to the short
life of the radiation. 
During the time the injections are on the road, our pharmacy technician at the
production centre tests a sample of the injections for quality.
This ensures that the injections are safe to use.
Once passed, the qualified person issues a release certificate to the local
PET-CT Centre to enable them to use the injections. 
On occasion, the testing may show the quality of the injection is below
acceptable limits and these cannot be used. In this instance, we may have to
cancel your scan,
We understand that cancelling your appointment is inconvenient and can be very
frustrating; you may also have had a long and wasted journey.
We will try to contact you prior to your appointment via the telephone numbers
we have been given to let you know if this has happened.
Please keep your phone handy so we can call you.
If you require this information in a different format please let us know via [email protected]
For further information please contact us on…
Phone: 01926 482222
Email: [email protected]
Visit: www.alliancemedical.co.uk
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