Declared pregnancy question

["Greg Krause" <Greg_Krause@operations.und.nodak.edu>]

A head lab tech for one of the med school professors just sent me an e-mail that she's pregnant.  The lab she's in uses about 1 mCi of I-125 (NaI) per month, about 100 microcuries per procedure (labeling penicillin).  She's always been the most conscientious tech on campus, I have never found any contamination, and no one in the lab ever had measurable dose.   Still, she's very worried/upset about possible exposure. She said she read somewhere that Iodine was particularly bad for pregnant women, but can't remember where or any details.  Right now there are other people in the lab, so she doesn't have to handle the material herself, but after spring graduation all of her help may be gone.  She's been trained on the 6/99 version of RegGuide 8.13 Prenatal Exposure.  I am going to meet with her the Monday after Thanksgiving. Any advice would be appreciated.

Greg Krause, P.E.
Director, Radiation  & Chemical Safety
University of North Dakota
701-777-3341
greg_krause@operations.und.nodak.edu

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