Worldwide isotope shortage continues to pose significant challenges
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 17:21
in Health & Medicine
RESTON, Va. -- SNM recently conducted a survey of nuclear pharmacies -- pharmacies that supply the critical radioisotope Technetium-99m, which is used in more than 16 million nuclear medicine tests each year in the United States -- to assess, anecdotally, the impact of the worldwide medical isotope shortage.