Hospital officials said nuclear medicine is a type of medical imaging using small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose and determine the severity of or to treat a variety of diseases, including cancer, heart disease and gastrointestinal, endocrine, skeletal and neurological disorders.
North Hawaii Community Hospital received a zero deficiency audit in the hospital’s Nuclear Medicine Department, officials said Monday.
Gamma Corporation recently audited the department, looking at operations performance and records, with regards to the receipt, storage, usage and disposal of licensed radioactive materials. Auditors also looked at patient scheduling practices, radiopharmaceutical prescriptions and written directions to patients receiving radioactive material.
Hospital officials said nuclear medicine is a type of medical imaging using small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose and determine the severity of or to treat a variety of diseases, including cancer, heart disease and gastrointestinal, endocrine, skeletal and neurological disorders.