Re[2]: incontinent patient dosed with ~100 mCi of I-131

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Subject: Re: incontinent patient dosed with ~100 mCi of I-131
From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Date: 06/19/00 16:43:00

Ignorant question number 2 - just wondering.....
Any dose to skin considerations for a patient in a diaper that may
be wet with I-131 urine for several hours between changes?

Aggie
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Douglas Simpkin wrote:
> 
> Folks:
> 
> Ignorant question time!
> 
> Our nuclear medicine physicians are talking about treating an incontinent
> patient with ~100 mCi of I-131. Even if we hold her (and her diapers) in
> the hospital for a few days, she'll still be generating I-131 waste once
> she gets home.
> 
> How would others handling this?
> 1. Ignore waste she generates at home, and hope the landfill doesn't monitor.
> 2. Have her collect her own waste for decay in her basement?
> 3. Have her collect her own waste, and we then pick up the trash for
> decay-in-storage here. What are the DOT repercussions of me having a
> trunk-full of hot Depends?
> 
> Any comments?
> Thanks,
> Doug
> Douglas J. Simpkin, Ph.D., D.A.B.R.
> St. Luke's Medical Center
> 2900 West Oklahoma Avenue
> Milwaukee, WI 53215
> phone: (414)649-6457
> fax: (414)649-5118
> email: dsimpkin@execpc.com
> 
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