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Cremation
- To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
- Subject: Cremation
- From: CHRIS KUECHLE 937-5276 <KUECHLE.CHRIS@a1.abbott.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 12:15:00 -0500 (CDT)
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In the event that no autopsy is to be performed (as is the case for many
nursing home residents) and cremation is planned, the statement signed by
the next of kin alerts the funeral director to the possible existence of
internally deposited radionuclides or implants so that the appropriate
actions (including removal of a pacemaker) are taken.
Design specifications aside, I would think that there are far better ways to
tempt fate than by exposing a pacemaker to those temperatures.