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Re: detecting medical isotopes at airport security
10 CFR 35.75 requires, "...instructions, including written instructions, on
actions recommended to maintain doses to other individuals as low as is
reasonably achievable if the total effective dose equivalent to any other
individual is likely to exceed 1 mSv (0.1 rem)...."
I propose that this be revised to: (1) delete the threshold so that it applies
to all nuc med patients, and (2) add a requirement to include information on
whether the patient is likely to alarm personnel radiation monitors.
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Curies forever.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
Carol Marcus wrote:
> At 12:46 PM 11/21/2003, knwachter@juno.com wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know of incidents where residual medical isotopes in a
> >traveller's body set off radiation monitors at an airport? A cardiologist
> >mentioned to me that he had heard of Tl-201 a day or two after a cardiac
> >scan tripping alarms at some airports. Just curious.
> >
> >knwachter@juno.com
>
> Dear Radsafers:
>
> ...
> I really think that
> patients who receive radiopharmaceuticals should be given a card the size
> of a credit card to carry in their wallet for a few weeks, and that the
> card contains all the relevant information and a number to call to
> check. However, I guess that would now be a HIPAA violation!
>
> Ciao, Carol
>
> Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
> <csmarcus@ucla.edu>
>
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