Re: Harmless?

[Al Tschaeche <antatnsu@adelphia.net>]

This has also been my experience with other clinics, both for my wife 

and myself.  Clearly we need some standards for this matter.  Al



Flood, John wrote:



>Interesting.  I had a stress test in 2002 and a bone scan last month, and

>was not asked to sign a consent form for either.  In fact, had I not raised

>the subject, I would not have been told about the use of radioactive

>material at all.

>

>Bob Flood

>Acting Manager

>Radiological Health

>Nevada Test Site

>

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: Stabin, Michael [mailto:michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu] 

>Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:47 AM

>To: xat@alum.mit.edu; radsafe

>Cc: Coronado, Lisa (NIH/OD/ORS)

>Subject: Harmless?

>

>

>Al Tschaeche writes in this month's HP newsletter:  

>

>"The medical community must know something that I as a health physicist

>don't know, namely that certain low doses of ionizing radiation are safe

>and without harm. I just had an injection of 99mTc in preparation for a

>bone scan. The 'Informed Patient Consent Form for Nuclear Medicine

>Scanning' that I signed contained the statement under Risks and Side

>Effects: 'The radiation dose to you and those around you is harmless.

>There are no side effects from any of the substances.'"

>

>This is not common, nor would I say a good, consent form language. It

>does not reflect the general thinking of the medical community, in my

>experience. Folks at the NIH put together some consent form language

>that can be obtained, linked to doses from diagnostic radiology and

>nuclear medicine exams, at

>http://www.doseinfo-radar.com/RADARDoseRiskCalc.html  There are many

>forms that such consent language can take; this is just one example of

>well thought out language that I recommend (credit to Lisa Coronado and

>colleagues). The language in the consent form that Al encountered should

>definitely be changed to be more reflective of the current thinking of

>health physicists, medical professionals, ethicists and others.

>

>

>Mike

>

>Michael G. Stabin, PhD, CHP

>Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences 

>Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences 

>Vanderbilt University 

>1161 21st Avenue South

>Nashville, TN 37232-2675 

>Phone (615) 343-0068

>Fax   (615) 322-3764

>Pager (615) 835-5153

>e-mail     michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu 

>internet   www.doseinfo-radar.com

>

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