[ RadSafe ] SSKI for inpt I-131 therapy room

[North, David]

"SSKI" is short for: "saturated solution of potassium iodide" which is a
salt. It is not a cleaner of any sort and will not "bind" radioiodine to any
appreciable degree. It is used as an oral blocking agent to load up a
person's thyroid gland with non-radioactive iodine so that the thyroid
uptake of I-131, or I-125, etc. is prevented. It sounds as though what you
need is a good cleaner with a chelating agent in it.....that and some "elbow
grease". Ask your nuclear medicine physician about the properties of SSKI.

David L. North, Sc.M., DABR
Associate Physicist
Medical Physics
Main Bldg. Rm 317
Rhode Island Hospital
593 Eddy St.
Providence, RI 02903
(401)444-5961
fax: (401)444-4446
dnorth at lifespan.org


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> From: 	radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl on behalf of Ratliff, Larry
> Sent: 	Wednesday, February 15, 2006 8:58
> To: 	radsafe at radlab.nl
> Subject: 	[ RadSafe ] SSKI for inpt I-131 therapy room
> 
> Can anyone tell me the proper way to use SSKI to cut down on exposure in
> the sink basin and the toilet?
> 
> It seems to me that if SSKI binds iodine that it may help bind that
> iodine to the sink instead of help wash it down?  Is it slippery like
> baby oil so that it would run off into the sink and down the drain
> easier?