UKRG Handbook Bibliography and useful sources of information
Basic Science of Nuclear Medicine. Eds. RP Parker, PHS Smith, DH Taylor. Churchill Livingstone 2nd Edition, 1984
Clinical Nuclear Medicine. Eds. MN Maisey, KE Britton, BD Collier. Chapman and Hall Medical. 3rd Edition, 1998
Fundamentals of Nuclear Medicine. Ed. GB Saha. Springer Verlag 4th Edition 1998
Nuclear Medicine. Science and Safety. AC Perkins. John Libbey, 1995
Radioisotopes. Eds. D Billington, GG Jayson, PJ Maltby. Bios. 1992
Pharmaceuticals in Medical Imaging. DP Swanson, HM Chilton, JH Thrall. Macmillan. 1990
Nuclear Medicine in Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment. IPC Murray, PJ Ell. Churchill Livingstone. 2nd Edition Volumes 1 &2 1998
Practical Nuclear Medicine. PF Sharp, HG Gemmell, FW Smith. Oxford University Press. 2nd Edition. 1998
Radiopharmacy Data Handbook. AM Millar. Amersham Health
The Imaging of Infection and Inflammation. PH Cox, JR Buscombe. Kluwer. 1998
Handbook of Radiopharmaceuticals. A Owunwanne, M Patel, S Sadek. Chapman & Hall Medical, London 1995
Textbook of Radiopharmacy. Theory and Practice. Ed CB Sampson. Gordon and Breach, 3rd Edition 1999.
Radiopharmacy and Radiopharmaceuticals. AE Theobald. Taylor and Francis. 1985
Radiopharmaceuticals using radioactive compounds in Pharmaceutics and Medicine. AE Theobald. Ellis Horwood. 1989
Chromatography of technetium-99m radiopharmaceuticals, a practical guide. PJ Robbins. Society of Nuclear Medicine. New York. 1984
Official publications (Bibliography and useful Reference Sources cont.)
SI 2000 No.1059 The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000. London. The Stationery Office
The Medicines (Administration of Radioactive Substances) Regulations 1978. SI 1978 No. 1006. London. HMSO, 1978
The Radioactive Material (Road Transport) (Great Britain) Regulations 1996. SI No. 1350. London: HMSO, 1996
Transport of Dangerous Goods (Safety Advisers) Regulations 1999. SI No. 257. London.The Stationery Office
SI 1999 No. 3232 Ionising Radiation Regulations 1999. London. The Stationery Office.
British Pharmacopoeia, The Stationery Office, 2001
The Health and Safety at Work Act. HMSO, London 1974.
The Medicines Act 1968, HMSO, London 1968
SI 1999/437 Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999. London. The Stationery Office
The Radioactive Substances Act 1993. London HMSO 1993
Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001 on the approximation of the laws of good clinical practice in the conduct of clinical trials on medicinal products for human use. Official Journal of the European Communities L 121, 1.5.2001 p34-44 29
Guidelines (Bibliography and useful Reference Sources cont.)
NHS Executive. Aseptic Dispensing in NHS Hospitals. Department of Health, 1996. Executive Letter EL (96) 95
NHS Executive. Aseptic Dispensing in NHS Hospitals. Department of Health, 1997. Executive Letter EL (97) 52
Quality Assurance of Radiopharmaceuticals. Report of a joint working party: the UK Radiopharmacy Group and the NHS Pharmaceutical Quality Control Committee. (2001). Nuclear Medicine Communications; 22: 909-916
Quality Audits and their application to Hospital Pharmacy Technical Services. The NHS Pharmaceutical Quality Control Committee.1999
Isolators for Pharmaceutical applications. Eds. G Lee, B Midcalf. HMSO Cambridge 1995
Hospital Radiopharmacy - Principles and Practice. Eds. Frier M, Hardy JG, Hesslewood SR, Lawrence R. . Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine Report No.56 . York 1988
Notes for guidance on the clinical administration of radiopharmaceuticals and use of sealed radioactive sources, Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee (ARSAC), 1998.
Rules and Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Distributors. London. The Stationery Office 1997
Quality Assurance of Aseptic Preparation Services 3rd Edition. Editor Beaney A. Pharmaceutical Press 2001
Guidance for the Purchase and Supply of Unlicenced Medicinal Products. Notes for Prescribers and Pharmacists. NHS Pharmaceutical Quality Control Committee. Second Edition. June 2001
The supply of unlicenced relevant medicinal products for individual patients. MCA Guidance Note No. 14. London: Medicines Control Agency, 2000
Quality standards in Nuclear Medicine. Special report No 65. Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine. York. 1992
A mechanism for professional and organisational audit of radiopharmacy departments. Cox JA, Hesslewood SR, and Palmer AM. Nucl. Med. Commun 1994; 15: 890-898.
Medical and Dental Guidance Notes. A good practice guide to implementing ionising radiation legislation in the clinical environment. Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine. 2001
Work with ionsing radiation. Approved code of practice and guidance. The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999. London: Health and Safety Executive, 2001
Guidelines for the Provision of Radiopharmacy Support to Nuclear Medicine - A Report of a Joint Working Group of the British Institute of Radiology, British Nuclear Medicine Society and Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine. 2001
EU Directive on Good Clinical Practice in Clinical Trials DH and MCA Briefing Note. Medicines Control Agency. 2001
BS5295 (1989) Environmental Cleanliness in enclosed spaces. British Standards Institute, Milton Keynes, UK, 1989.
BS5726 (1992) Microbiological Safety Cabinets. British Standards Institute, Milton Keynes, UK, 1992.
Clean Rooms and Associated Controlled Environments Part 1: Classification of Air Cleanliness. BS EN ISO 14644-1:1999. London:British Standards Institute.
Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments-Part 2: Specifications for testing and monitoring to prove continued compliance with ISO 14644-1 (ISO 14644-2: 2000). London: British Standards Institute, 2000
Biotechnology-performance criteria for microbiological safety cabinets. BS EN 12469. London: British Standards Institute, 2000
High efficiency air filters (HEPA and ULPA)-Part 1: Classification, performance testing, marking. BS EN 1822-1. London: British Standards Institute, 1998
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