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Re: Strontium Therapy on In patients



Sr-89 is normally administered as an outpatient procedure.

Our Radiation Safety Manual states since the normal administered 
activity is less than 5 mCi,  that no special precautions need be 
taken for an inpatient administration.

How is that for simple? 

Ken

Kenneth H. Douglass, Ph.D.
Director, Radiation Safety
West Virginia University
West Virginia University Hospitals
PO Box 9006
Morgantown WV 26506
(304) 293-1549
(304) 293-4529 (fax)
kdouglas@wvu.edu