Re: Any record of a prostate brachy seed pt alarming an airport metal detector?

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

Don

Zipper is a good guess. There's also the little buckle tab, on the 
waistband, which many trousers have. I've set off airport alarms with the 
foil wrapper on a nearly empty tube of mints.

Happy holidays
cja

P.S. I've never heard of a seed setting one off. But, as a potential point 
of interest, was it an iodine, or a palladium seed, and whose seed was it? 
I.e., Theragenics, Best, or etc?

At 03:27 PM 12/20/00 -0800, you wrote:
>We just had a patient, one month post implant, trip alarms (I know it
>doesn't detect ionizing radiation so time should be immaterial) at an
>airport security entrance.  After the patient removed his pocket knife,
>watch, etc, a hand-held detector used by the guard  was still registering in
>the patient's pelvic area.  Zipper on his pants?  The guard got exasperated
>and waved patient forward before patient could talk about his implant.  My
>understanding is that the Seattle group having so many patients fly in for
>tx and fly out afterward have never had this occur.  Any comments?
>Donald Hess, MS

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