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Re: Disaster Preparedness
David -
You may wish to contact the folks at the Radiation Emergency Assistance
Center/Training Site (REAC/TS), run by Oak Ridge Institute for Science
and Education for the Department of Energy.
Their contact info (from their website) is:
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
REAC/TS
Attn: Pat Cooley
P.O. Box 117, MS 39
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117
Phone: +1 865 576 3131
FAX: +1 865 576 9522
and their web site is:
http://www.orau.gov/reacts/
At 01:22 PM 1/6/2003 -0600, you wrote:
Dear
Colleagues,
In regard to chemical agents used for
treating certain types of RAM exposures, are there any substitutes
available for the following two chemicals ?
Ferric ferrocyanide (Prussian
Blue), a blocking agent for Cs-137, is not recognized by the U.S.
Pharmacopeia and is not approved by the FDA.
DTPA, a chelating agent, is not
commercially available either. I believe it is only available under
Investigational New Drug (IND) permits for treatment of persons
contaminated internally with plutonium. However, calcium EDTA is
available and has effectiveness for the transuranium metals, but DTPA is
generally more effective.
Any assistance or direction would be
appreciated. Thank you.
David
Engelbretson
Radiation Safety
Dept.
Methodist Hospital, Houston,
Texas
dengelbret@tmh.tmc.edu
W. Gary Mansfield, CHP
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