World Health Organization

Iodine Thyroid Blocking

Guidelines for Use in Planning for and Responding to Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These guidelines are an update of the 1999 World Health Organization (WHO) guidance on the use of iodine thyroid blocking (ITB) with a special focus on public health considerations of ITB implementation.These guidelines provide a recommendation on iodine thyroid blocking (ITB), via oral administration of stable iodine, as an urgent protective action in responding to a nuclear accident. This recommendation aims to support emergency planners, policy makers, public health specialists, clinicians and other relevant stakeholders, in order to strengthen public health preparedness for radiation emergencies in WHO Member States as required by the International Health Regulations (IHR) and in line with the international safety standards (GSR Part 7). The scope of the guidelines is confined to public health aspects of planning and implementation of ITB before and during a radiation emergency, such as dosage and timing of ITB administration, adverse effects of stable iodine, its packaging, storage, and distribution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: World Health Organization
• Seitenzahl: 46
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 299mm x 213mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 191g
• ISBN-13: 9789241550185
• ISBN-10: 924155018X
• Artikelnr.: 52001408

Autorenporträt

World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.