# OnCo record hdr-brachytherapy-room-safety-and-stuck-source-emergency (protocol). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/protocols/hdr-brachytherapy-room-safety-and-stuck-source-emergency/>
  a schema:MedicalGuideline ;
  onco:kind "protocol" ;
  schema:identifier "hdr-brachytherapy-room-safety-and-stuck-source-emergency" ;
  schema:name "HDR brachytherapy: treatment-room safety and the stuck-source emergency"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "HDR source emergency"@en, "stuck source procedure"@en, "source fails to retract"@en, "afterloader emergency procedure"@en, "remote afterloader safety"@en, "HDR brachytherapy safety checks"@en, "PDR brachytherapy safety"@en, "emergency container brachytherapy"@en, "afterloader daily checks"@en ;
  schema:description "In high-dose-rate brachytherapy a machine pushes a tiny, very radioactive source along tubes into the treatment area for a few minutes, then pulls it back into a shielded safe. You are alone in the room while it runs, but staff watch and talk to you throughout. The machine is checked every treatment day, and the team practises for the rare case the source does not go back."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/protocols/hdr-brachytherapy-room-safety-and-stuck-source-emergency/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/protocols/radiotherapy-patient-identification-and-time-out/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/hdr-brachytherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/brachytherapy-afterloaders/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/brachytherapy/> ;
  onco:institutions <https://onco.cc/institutions/iaea/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/brachytherapy-term/> .