uptake monitoring equipment
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Instrument maintenance
• Distinguish the fault into operational or functional types.
• Inventory• Physical damage• Interconnecting cables, Timer, Power supply
need to be checked periodically
Testing and Calibration
• Energy calibration test• Energy linearity test• Sensitivity test • Timer test
Quality ControlNo. Test Function of the equipment Reference Freq. of Routine
1. Scalar/timer and rate meter No Quarterly
2. Energy Calibration No Weekly
3. Counting Precision (Statistics) No Quarterly
4. Linearity of Activity Response No Half yearly
5. Response of Recorder No Half yearly
6. Analyser peak setting Every time a radionuclide is changed
7. Background counts in counting channel
Every day