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Table 6 Mean (lower 5% percentile) [range] number of hours (rounded to the nearest hour) travel allowed on public transport at 0–9 days post-therapy to limit dose for members of the public to 0.3 mSv per year

From: Radiation precautions for inpatient and outpatient 177Lu-DOTATATE peptide receptor radionuclide therapy of neuroendocrine tumours

No. of days post-therapy

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Inpatients

3 (1)

[1–6]

4 (1)

[1–8]

5 (1)

[1–11]

6 (1)

[1–13]

8 (1)

[1–16]

10 (2)

[2–21]

13 (2)

[2–28]

16 (2)

[2–39]

21 (3)

[3–55]

Outpatients

2 (1)

[1–5]

3 (1)

[1–7]

4 (1)

[1–9]

5 (1)

[1–11]

6 (1)

[1–14]

8 (1)

[1–17]

11 (2)

[2–23]

14 (2)

[2–31]

18 (3)

[3–43]

24 (3)

[3–63]