Knowledge Hub · Saxsons Decontamination Kit
Every dispensing facility holds a pre-assembled decontamination kit at every dispensing site per the AERB radiation-safety-officer SOP. The kit covers PPE, cordon, chemistry, decay-hold drum and the chain-of-custody documentation — the full spill-response chain from cordon-off to biomedical-waste handoff.
Why a decontamination kit must be ready-deployable
A vial drop, syringe break or kit-reconstitution spill releases radiopharmaceutical onto the bench, floor or operator. The response chain — cordon, contain, decontaminate, hold for decay, dispose — must start within minutes. A pre-assembled kit at every dispensing site is the AERB radiation-safety-officer SOP requirement; assembling from multiple supplier sources at the moment of the spill costs minutes the operator does not have.
Source: AERB Safety Code for Nuclear Medicine Facility; IAEA Safety Reports Series No. 38.
Bind-It™ surface-chemistry decontaminant
Standard surface cleaner pushes contamination around — wipe one direction, contamination spreads to the next surface. Bind-It™ is the radiopharmacy spill-response chemistry that fixes radioactive contamination to a wipe-cloth substrate; the substrate then goes into the lead-lined decay drum for half-life-based hold. The wipe is one-pass, not multi-pass. Reduces the cumulative wipe-event time and the operator-hand exposure duration measurably.
Source: AAPM Report 88 spill-response workflow; manufacturer Bind-It chemistry data.
PPE + cordon + chemistry + drum
A complete spill-response kit includes: PPE (gloves, masks, coverall, shoe covers, caps), spill-zone area control (cordon rope + sunboard signage + chain-of-custody tags), wet-decontamination chemistry (Bind-It, surface cleaner), absorbent paper + plastic-free wipes, sharps-retrieval forceps, AND the lead-lined decay drum for the contaminated-material hold step. Skipping any one item leaves a gap in the response chain.
Per-isotope decay-drum tier
SPECT spill response uses 3 mm Pb drum (Tc-99m decay in ~ 72 h). PET spill response uses 6 mm Pb drum (F-18 decay in ~ 18 h, Cu-64 in ~ 5 days). I-131 + Lu-177 theranostic spill response uses 6 mm or higher (longer hold cycles). EDTA chelating-chemistry variant adds the chelating sweep for residual labelling buffer in Lu-177 / PSMA-617 / FAPI spills.
Source: ICRP Publication 107 nuclear-decay data; Saxsons decay-drum range (NM-041).
AERB licence-renewal requirement
AERB licence renewal for every dispensing facility requires a ready-deployable decontamination kit AND documentation that the kit is maintained — contents inventory, expiry-date check on chemicals, periodic refresh of consumables. The Saxsons kit ships with the inventory list aligned to the AERB SOP and the chain-of-custody form template — the radiation-safety officer does not assemble compliance documentation separately.
Source: AERB licence-renewal framework; AERB Safety Code documentation expectations.
Spill-response and chain-of-custody documentation framework.
Indian regulatory framework — spill-response and decontamination kit requirements.
CPCB framework for post-decay biomedical-waste transfer.
IAEA guidance for radiation-safety standards including spill-response procedures.
AAPM framework for radiopharmacy QC including spill-response workflow.