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Re: detecting medical isotopes at airport security
Dan,
Fijate despues de la raya donde dice DATE etc, A quien corresponda" y es lo
que le dan a los pacientes que van a viajar. Espero que te sirva porque lo
saque del Trash.
Chau,
yo
Carol: We provide patients, who know that they are going to be traveling,
with the following letter. And, it is not a HIPAA violation, since the
patient has direct control of the protected health information. They can
choose to provide it to the concerned authorities, or be incarcerate
*************************************************
Date
To whom it may concern:
The following patient received a radioactive drug for medical diagnosis or
treatment at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University
School of Medicine, as detailed below.
Name of Patient:
Date of Birth:
Radioactive Drug: Physical Half-Life:
Administered Activity: Date of Administration:
This information may be verified by contacting a nuclear medicine or
radiology physician as follows.
Monday Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (314) 362-2802 (or 2803)
)
Saturday 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM [Nuclear Medicine Reading Room]
At other times (314) 758-6895 [On-call Radiology Resident]
Ask the physician who answers the phone to verify the patient’s radioactive
drug administration record by in the radiology information system.
Sincerely,
Treating Physician’s Signature
Treating Physician’s Name (PRINT)
********************************************************
Barry A. Siegel, M.D.
Division of Nuclear Medicine
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Washington University School of Medicine
510 S. Kingshighway Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63110
TEL: (314) 362-2809
FAX: (314) 362-2806
E-Mail: siegelb@mir.wustl.edu
siegelb@mir.wustl.edu
Carol
Marcus
<csmarcus@ucla.edu> To:
knwachter@juno.com, radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
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by: cc:
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detecting medical isotopes at airport security
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11/21/03 06:11
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Please respond
to
Carol
Marcus
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 know that it has happened in the New York City subways recently and in
government buildings in Washington, D.C. for years. I know it has
happened at the Athens Airport, some years ago. I don't know if it has
happened at US airports, but it should! I understand that the scientists
manning the DOE TRIAGE Program have gotten very good at spotting the
spectra of radionuclides used in nuclear medicine. 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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