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Von: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]Im Auftrag von Jim Hardeman
Gesendet: Dienstag, 04.
Februar
2003 22:46
An: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Betreff: Re: Radioiodine Therapy -
Identification Card?
Bill
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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.
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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