Re: Children: rad exposure from Nuc Med patients

["Kent N. Lambert" <lambert@auhs.edu>]

 >This is a very nice example for the ALARA principle - it is easy
>and does not cost anything, to advise patients not to take
children with them.........

Although I am not advocating having unnecessary individuals 
(including and especially children) "hanging around" the nuclear 
medicine department, I must disagree that there is no cost.  Child 
care costs a bundle.  

Should one make a distinction between  the dose received by a child 
attending a parent patient, and a child patient in the waiting 
room?  

I encourage the David Englebretson to review the NRC's Reg Guide 8.39 
and the referenced NUREG for guidance.  (I recognize that the NRC 
regulations do not apply in Texas.)  


Kent N. Lambert, M.S., CHP
lambert@auhs.edu
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
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Radiation Physics and Safety, MS 106
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