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MEDHP-SEC: I-131 capsules

During a recent administration of sealed capsules for a cancer ablation, the

top of the I-131 pill popped off.  No kidding.



1.  Has this ever happened to anyone else?



2.  Has anyone had experience with the material coming out of a capsule?



3.  How are the capsules made?  Does the manufacturing process preclude the

NaI from coming out of a capsule?





-- John

John P. Jacobus, MS, CHP

Health Physicist

National Institutes of Health

Radiation Safety Branch

21 Wilson Drive, MSC 6780

Bethesda, MD 20892-6780

USA

Ph. --  301-496-5774

FAX -- 301-496-3544

e-mail:  jjacobus@mail.nih.gov

            jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov



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