Re: Release of I-131 patient

[Chris Davey <cdavey@med.phys.ualberta.ca>]

On Fri, 7 Jul 1995, P S. Rao wrote:

> Some months ago I read a news report from the Boston area about an I-131
> therapy patient who left a hospital and flew to Florida before she was
> formally discharged.
> 
> Can anyone on the radsafe network please fill me in again with the details
> of that incident?  In particular, was the hospital cited or penalised in
> any way?  Were any new measures adopted to prevent a recurrence, or at
> least minimize the chances, of such an event?
> 
> We nearly had such an incident here a week ago, and we are looking to see
> what should be done about it, if anything.
> 
> Since this subject will be of minimal interest to the general radsafe
> membership, please direct any replies to my e-mail address.  Thanks in
> advance.
> 
> With regards,
> 
> --
> P. Sridhar Rao, Radiology, CWRU / Univ Hosp of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
> Tel: 216-844-1295.    Fax: 216-844-5922.    E-mail: psr@po.cwru.edu
> 

I disagree, I think many of Radsafe's subscribers would like to hear more 
about this.

Chris Davey, RSO
Cross Cancer Institute