Radionuclide generator

Primary use
Treatment / Resuscitation / Palliative care / Surgery
Type of medical device or related product
Radiotherapy-related equipment
General vs. specific use (health condition)
General
Intended population sex
All
Level of technical knowledge
Specialized clinical
Capital
Yes
Reusable
Yes
Requirements
None
WHO list of priority medical devices
Cancer management (2017)
Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes (2021)
Service delivery platforms / Healthcare levels
Second-level and third-level hospital services and specialized outpatient services
Healthcare unit
Medical imaging
EMDN related code(s)
Z110290
VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINE
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GMDN related code(s)
33117
Radionuclide system generator (A device designed to allow the elution of a short lived radionuclide used in various diagnostic nuclear medicine imaging procedures. It is an enclosed column filled with a long half-life parent radionuclide that decays to a short half-life daughter nuclide which then can be separated by chemical means. The radioactive isotope eluted from the generator is either directly delivered to a patient by injection or inhalation or is otherwise used in the formulation of various radiopharmeucticals administered to patients in order to perform various nuclear medicine imaging studies. Commonly used radionuclide generators are Molybdenum-99 and Krypton (Kr).)
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WHO related resources
Decommissioning
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