The 38th Report on Survey of the Adverse Reaction to Radiopharmaceuticals (The 41st Survey in 2015)

Abstract

This survey was performed to investigate the incidence of adverse reactions to radiopharmaceuticals in FY2015 in Japan. It was based on the responses to questionnaires sent to nuclear medicine institutions. The reply was obtained from 981 institutions among 1,274 to which the questionnaire had been sent. Fifteen cases of adverse reactions were reported. A total of 1,056,828 radiopharmaceutical administrations were reported. The incidence of adverse reactions per 100,000 cases was 1.4. No case of deficient products was reported.