{"id":27809,"date":"2013-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleydev.com\/2013\/03\/28\/the-medical-isotopes-supply-chain\/"},"modified":"2020-08-27T11:41:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:41:23","slug":"the-medical-isotopes-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2013\/03\/28\/the-medical-isotopes-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Medical Isotopes Supply&nbsp;Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Today\u2019s post comes from guest contributor at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nordion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nordion<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nuclear medicine is one of the most powerful analytical tools available to physicians and patients today because of its ability to provide dynamic views of organ structure and function. Medical isotopes are used to diagnose potentially life-threatening conditions such as heart disease and to treat serious diseases such as cancer.<\/p>\n<p>About one million nuclear medicine procedures are performed in Canada annually. In the U.S., there are some 18 million nuclear medicine procedures per year among 311 million people, and in Europe about 10 million among 500 million people. Canada has been one of the global leaders in the supply of medical isotopes to the world\u2019s medical community. Tc-99m is used in about 80% of all diagnostic nuclear imaging procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Medical isotopes have a short shelf life and therefore cannot be inventoried. Before they can be used in patient procedures, the materials used in nuclear medicine are developed through a multi-step supply chain process.<\/p>\n<p>This graphic summarizes the process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"supply-chain-nordion_graphic-600\" src=\"http:\/\/talknuclear.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/supply-chain-nordion_graphic-600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"305\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watch this video to understand how medical isotopes make their complex (but necessarily quick) journey, from reactor to patient:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/eMq4pK2LYgk<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s post comes from guest contributor at Nordion. Nuclear medicine is one of the most powerful analytical tools available to physicians and patients today because of its ability to provide dynamic views of organ structure and function. 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