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Selection guide · Saxsons Lead-Lined Fume Hood

Size, shielding, filter and accessory — one cabinet family, six worked workflows.

The cabinet family covers everything from a Tc-99m kit bench to a theranostic high-activity prep room. This page is the per-workflow build-sheet — what size frame, what shielding tier, what filter pack, what accessories — plus the AERB inspection log entries each workflow generates.

Routine Tc-99m kit dispensing

Activity profile: Daily 5–10 cold-kit reconstitutions; per-kit activity 200–1500 MBq

Frame size

Standard 51 × 25 × 55 in frame

Lead shielding

3 mm lead

Filter pack

Standard active-carbon pack

Accessories

Hot-wire anemometer + standard work-zone lamp; optional integrated generator compartment

AERB inspection log: Routine sub-3 mm baseline; face-velocity log + factory certificate satisfies routine inspection

[18F]FDG unit-dose dispensing

Activity profile: 20–40 unit doses per session at 350–550 MBq each; 511 keV annihilation

Frame size

Standard 51 × 25 × 55 in or Standard+ 52 × 25.7 × 55 in

Lead shielding

5–6 mm lead

Filter pack

HEPA + active-carbon (premium pack)

Accessories

Anemometer + 45 mm Capintec-type lead rings + optional in-cabinet dose-calibrator mount

AERB inspection log: Mid-shielding tier; in-cabinet dose calibrator + AERB face-velocity log + filter ΔP log

Ga-68 PET tracer prep + dispensing

Activity profile: Per-generator elution + DOTA-peptide labelling + 1–4 patient doses at 100–200 MBq

Frame size

Standard or Mid 54 × 27 × 57 in for additional bench depth

Lead shielding

5–6 mm lead

Filter pack

HEPA + active-carbon (premium pack)

Accessories

Anemometer + dose-calibrator mount + 45 mm Capintec-type lead rings

AERB inspection log: Same tier as F-18 unit dose; AERB generator-licence paperwork pairs with the cabinet documentation

Lu-177 theranostic prep + dispensing

Activity profile: Weekly Lu-177 vials 5–10 GBq; per-patient doses 4–7.4 GBq for DOTATATE / PSMA-617

Frame size

Mid Premium 58 × 34 × 55 in or Large 58 × 38 × 73 in

Lead shielding

10–12 mm lead

Filter pack

HEPA + active-carbon (premium pack)

Accessories

Negative-pressure sensor + 10″ PLC touch panel + body shield with lead-glass window + dose-calibrator mount + anemometer

AERB inspection log: High-activity tier; PLC ΔP log + face-velocity log + per-shielding-tier dose-rate survey log

I-131 capsule + oral-solution handling

Activity profile: Capsule decant 1.1–7.4 GBq per therapy patient; oral-solution batch QC

Frame size

Standard or Wide-low 66 × 35 × 49 in for I-131 therapy decant bench

Lead shielding

6 mm lead (capsule) or 10 mm (high-activity oral-solution)

Filter pack

HEPA + active-carbon (premium pack) — active-carbon stage critical for volatile I-131

Accessories

Anemometer + lead-bricks front-wall + dose-calibrator mount + body shield (high-activity)

AERB inspection log: Volatile-iodine workflow — site stack release log + cabinet filter changeout cadence + AERB face-velocity log

Cyclotron PET-tracer satellite prep

Activity profile: Receive transport vial 5–15 GBq F-18; dispense unit doses 350–550 MBq

Frame size

Standard 51 × 25 × 55 in

Lead shielding

5 mm lead

Filter pack

HEPA + active-carbon (premium pack)

Accessories

Anemometer + dose-calibrator mount + Capintec lead rings + optional gamma-probe mount for wipe assay

AERB inspection log: Satellite licence — paired with the central radiopharmacy CoA + cabinet face-velocity log

How to read this guide

The scenarios above pair frame size, shielding tier and accessory fit-out to the activity profile typical for each workflow. Per-site dispensing volume, patient throughput and AERB licence scope shift these numbers; the site-specific build sheet is what locks the configuration.

Saxsons Healthcare ships every cabinet with a factory face-velocity certificate at the time of shipping, IQ / OQ / PQ protocols and the AERB compliance paperwork pack. Daily face-velocity (anemometer) and across-filter ΔP (PLC) logs are the routine- inspection evidence chain.