[ RadSafe ] I131 patient during intercontinental flight

[Marcel Schouwenburg]

Dear Mauro and RadSafers, 

There are certainly radiation monitors deployed on airports. In Europe there are monitors at the eastern borders (like on Vilnius International Airport where you can easily see them when you pass the gates). I have no complete list of other airports in the world, but I'm sure this list is allready quite long and growing rather quickly.

With kind regards,

Marcel Schouwenburg
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl 
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On Behalf Of Mauro Campoleoni
> Sent: maandag 9 februari 2009 17:14
> To: European Radiation Safety Mailing List; 
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> MEDPHYS-D at strahlentherapie.uni-wuerzburg.de; radsafe at radlab.nl
> Cc: Moshe Levita
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] I131 patient during intercontinental flight
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> apart the core of the question posted,
> I wonder whether anyone of you knows "for sure" that
> somewhere there are airport radiation alarm monitors deployed .
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Mauro Campoleoni
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hill, Peter" <p.hill at fz-juelich.de>
> To: <radsafe-eu at fz-juelich.de>; <radsafe-d at fz-juelich.de>; 
> <MEDPHYS-D at strahlentherapie.uni-wuerzburg.de>
> Cc: "Moshe Levita" <mlevita at tasmc.health.gov.il>
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 4:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] I131 patient during intercontinental flight
> 
> 
> Fyi. Moshe Levita is not a member of this list. Please 
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> At 09:21 09.02.09, Moshe Levita wrote:
> >Dear Colleagues,
> >
> >
> >
> >Many Iodine 131 patients arrives in Israel to be treated and 
> then fly back 
> >home.
> >
> >The patient stays in the award until the residual dose is 
> below certain 
> >level.
> >
> >(Residual activity is calculated by the measurement of dose 
> rate at 1 m)
> >
> >
> >
> >I wonder at what residual activity it will be reasonable to 
> allow the 
> >patient to fly back to his country.
> >
> >
> >
> > One have to take into considerations :
> >
> >
> >
> >1.  Five hours flight of sitting beside another passenger 
> (who might be a 
> >child or pregnant women)
> >
> >2.  Definite contamination of the airplane toilet, toilet 
> cleaning, toilet 
> >disposal etc.
> >
> >3.  Possible triggering of airport radiation alarm monitors.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Any suggestion will be welcomed.
> >
> >
> >
> >Moshe Levita
> >
> >Chief Radiation Executive
> >
> >Ministry of Health
> >
> >Israel
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