Re: Guidelines for Protection of Pregnant Nurses

[coogen_michael@hq2ccgw.hq.dla.mil]

John: Based on my experience, the dose received by the nursing staff would be 
minimum.  I have managed many patients receiving therapy with Cs-137; and it has
been my experience the dose received by hospital personnel managing these 
patients are minimuum.  One would have to make a conserted effort to be 
overexposed, if that is possible...mike coogen sends 


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Subject: Guidelines for Protection of Pregnant Nurses
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at hq2ccgw
Date:    7/12/95 4:04 AM


 A graduate student ( a nurse in our hospital ) has
asked me some questions with which radsafers may be able to help. 
Given that nurses caring for patients getting radiotherapy with 137Cs, 
routinely wear film badges, is there any circumstance in which 
radiation exposure could occur which would justify therapeutic abortion?
   John Goldsmith <gjohn@bgumail.bgu.ac.il>