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Every NM hot lab — whether PET-only, SPECT-only, or running both plus I-131 therapy — has to do the same four things: measure the activity (dose calibrator), shield the operator during dose draw-up (L bench), contain the spent sharps during decay storage (sharps shield), and shield the ready dose for transport (vial shield — tungsten for PET, lead for SPECT and I-131). The Saxsons Dose Cabinet is a Saxsons own-brand workstation that packages all four into one self-shielded unit, made in India for Indian NM departments.
The four primitives
Primitive 1
Dose calibrator
Measures the activity in each vial / syringe before injection
Primitive 2
L bench
Shields the operator while the dose is drawn from the source vial
Primitive 3
Sharps shield
Contains spent syringes / vials inside the cabinet during decay storage
Primitive 4
Dispenser shield
Tungsten (PET) or lead (SPECT / I-131) vial shield for the ready dose
Why this matters
Hotlab equipment, integrated
A nuclear-medicine hot lab needs a dose calibrator, a shielded dispensing bench, a sharps decay container and a shielded dose dispenser. Most NM departments specify and buy these as four separate workstations. The Saxsons Dose Cabinet packages them into a single self-shielded unit — one capital decision, one validated workspace, one footprint.
Based on: Saxsons Dose Cabinet brochure — All-in-One Solution pillar; component list verbatim.
Open ↗PET shielding done right
PET tracers (F-18 FDG, Ga-68 PSMA / DOTATATE) emit 511 keV annihilation photons — twice the energy of Tc-99m's 140 keV. Lead at conventional dispenser thicknesses no longer gives adequate attenuation; tungsten, with a higher density (19.3 g/cc vs 11.3 g/cc for lead), is the appropriate material for the PET vial shield. The Saxsons cabinet ships with tungsten as default for PET configurations and with lead variants available for SPECT / I-131.
Based on: ICRP Publication 106 — Radiation dose to patients from radiopharmaceuticals (2008); standard radiation-shielding tables.
Read source ↗Time, distance, shielding
ALARA — As Low As Reasonably Achievable — is built on three operator-dose controls: time, distance and shielding. The L-shaped dispensing bench layout shortens the path between the dose calibrator, the source vial and the dispenser, which reduces operator time-at-source. The integrated workstation removes the inter-station walking the conventional four-piece hot lab forces on the radiopharmacist.
Based on: IAEA Safety Reports Series No. 40 — Applying Radiation Safety Standards in Nuclear Medicine; ICRP 105 — Radiological Protection in Medicine.
Read source ↗Decay storage at the point of use
Used radioactive syringes and vials are not waste yet — they are short-half-life material that needs decay storage before they can be released to the general medical-waste stream. The integrated sharps container shield is where the spent dispensing material goes immediately after the dose is administered — kept inside the cabinet, behind the shielding, until the activity has decayed to background. AERB requires documented decay-then-release; the integrated shield gives the radiopharmacy a defined holding point.
Based on: AERB Safety Code for Nuclear Medicine Facility (India) — decay-storage and release requirements; AERB Atomic Energy (Radiation Protection) Rules 2004.
Read source ↗AERB-friendly engineered control
When an Indian hospital applies to AERB for a nuclear-medicine facility licence, the dossier has to cite the engineered controls used in the hot lab. A documented self-shielded dispensing cabinet is one of the cleaner items to cite — it is a single named piece of equipment with a single specification, rather than four separately specified workstations that the radiation-safety officer has to argue add up to a compliant hot lab.
Based on: AERB Safety Code for Nuclear Medicine Facility; AERB licence application guidance for nuclear-medicine facilities.
Read source ↗India-made, India-supported
The Dose Cabinet is a Saxsons own-brand product — designed and built in India by Saxsons Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. for Indian nuclear-medicine hot labs. Spares, replacement tungsten / lead vial shields, dispenser-tray replacements, and on-site service all sit inside the Saxsons India service network — no import lead time for parts, no overseas teleassistance dependency for routine maintenance.
Based on: Saxsons Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. — manufacturer of the Dose Cabinet.
Open ↗Dose Cabinet at a glance
4-in-1
Hot lab primitives
Calibrator · L bench · Sharps · Dispenser
Tungsten
PET vial shield
Lead option for SPECT / I-131
SS top
Spill-proof lip
0.5″ stainless steel
Made in India
Saxsons own brand
India service network
In the field
The cabinet as deployed — Saxsons-branded white cabinet body on castors, the recessed dose calibrator station with its read-out screen, and the tungsten-shielded PET dispenser mounted on the left (the bright-blue housing carries the radiation-area caution placard). The integrated layout puts the operator's full draw-up workflow inside one arm-reach loop.
Scope of this page
The Saxsons Dose Cabinet is a workstation, not a complete radiation-safety programme. The hot lab still needs an AERB-licensed Radiation Safety Officer, a documented dispensing SOP, a validated decay-store-and-release log, operator training records and the broader hot-lab room shielding the AERB Safety Code expects. The cabinet provides the engineered controls at the dispensing point; the programme that wraps around it sits with the nuclear-medicine department. The brochure specifies the cabinet construction; isotope-specific configuration (tungsten vs lead vial shield, calibrator chamber selection) is decided at order time.
The product brochure plus the AERB Safety Code and IAEA Safety Report that frame an NM hot lab in India.
Single-page brochure with the four-pillar positioning and component list.
The Indian regulator's safety code that frames the licensing path for an NM hot lab.
IAEA reference for radiation-safety practice across an NM department.
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