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Nachricht----- Bill - Why limit it to only I-131 ... how about
ANY radionuclide with a significant gamma likely to hang around in the body
more than a few hours? I like the concept ... it's very similar to folks with
prosthetics (say artificial hips or knees, or in my Dad's case, even cardiac
stints) having a card to get through metal detectors. ------------------------------- Jim, In Austria patients leaving therapy with I-131 are
handed over a leaflet, which tells them the do's and don'ts. (To avoid too
close contact with family members, especially children, not to spill their
urine in the bathroom in droplets, etc.) Other radionuclides are to my
knowledge not adminstered in such quantities, that special provisions should be
necessary. Since in Austria police is not equipped with contamination meters,
no problems are to be expected. I personally have since a few years also two cardiac
stents implanted, the P-32 gone since long, and I can tell you that not a
single metal detector at any airport, whether in the USA, Japan, Europe, Mexico
etc. has ever detected them. The mass is much too low. Best regards, Franz |