Capintec CAPRAC-t User Manual

CAPINTEC, INC. CAPRAC
®
-t
2-2 FUNCTIONAL & TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION April 2021
OPERATOR PROFILE
The operator profile for the Nuclear Medicine Technologists, Physicians and Health
physicists is as follows:
• Education:
o Minimum: at least an Associate Degree
o No maximum
• Knowledge:
o Minimum: Understands the basic concepts of nuclear medicine.
o No maximum
• Language Understanding:
o English
o Other languages are available for instructions for use
• Experience:
o Minimum: Has minimum training or is under surveillance by a trained user.
o No maximum
OPERATOR TRAINING
This Owner’s Manual contains all of the information required to operate the CAPRAC
®
-t.
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The activity of the sample will be displayed with a proper unit when a sample of unknown
strength (activity) of a known radioisotope is placed in the Well Counter and the correct
efficiency is input or measured.
With its NaI drilled-well crystal detector, the Well Counter offers greater sensitivity and faster
results than other wipe test monitors that use Geiger-Mueller (GM) tubes.
The microprocessor-controlled CAPRAC
®
-t has an automatic internal energy calibration
feature, which permits self-calibration of the keV per channel ratio.
For isotopes that have a measured efficiency, the CAPRAC
®
-t will convert readings in cpm
[counts per minute] to dpm [disintegrations per minute]. Most federal and state regulations
require survey monitoring results in dpm.
The CAPRAC
®
-t contains gamma spectroscopy data for 76 nuclides and efficiencies for 11
nuclides. Reference the Appendix for a complete listing of the nuclides included in the
CAPRAC
®
-t’s memory.
Note: The CAPRAC
®
-t Well Counter is not designed to provide conclusive identification of
radionuclides in samples. The CAPRAC
®
-t Well Counter is designed to provide the

Capintec CAPRAC-t Specifications

General

Brand	Capintec
Model	CAPRAC-t
Category	Cash Counter
Language	English