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Re: medical isotopes - patient expense
Until now, I thought that the issue was getting patients healthy. Now, I know better.
This is all the more reason why 10 CFR 35.75 should be upgraded to require written information for ALL nuclear medicine patients.
This should include: (1) dose to the patient (CEDE and max. organ CDE), (2) dose to others, and (3) impact on radiation monitors.
I can't believe this would be infeasible or too expensive.
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Curies forever.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
John Jacobus wrote:
> ...
> The problem with patients not being informed that they
> are getting a medical test involving x-ray exposure or
> the injection of radionuclides is not a new one. The
> issue is getting patients in and out of the clinic,
> not education. Sorry. That is life in the medical
> world.
>
> ---
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