Re: I-131 Therapy & Contamination -Reply

["Sloan P. Becker" <sloanpb@ibm.net>]

We had a very messy I-131 patient once. It seemed that everything in the
room was contaminated from the telephone to the entire bathroom to the floor
and the bed. We cleaned it up as best we could and took as much as we could
with us in bags. The room was then closed off until the readings were low
enough to open it again.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hanlon <MarkH@nch.edu.au>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 7:55 PM
Subject: I-131 Therapy & Contamination -Reply


>William,
>
>Here, on the rare occasions a treatment is performed, we first cover the
>(linoleum) floor with plastic sheeting, and then cover the plastic with bed
>linen.   Both layers are stuck down with gaffer tape.
>
>This works reasonably well, provided that not too much wheeled
>equipment (trolleys, drip stands, and the shield) are moved around in the
>room during the treatment.
>
>So far, we haven't had a spill on the flooring, and the sheets are not
>"hot" when removed, unlike the sheets actually on the bed.
>
>If you have any specific questions, you're welcome to email me :
>
>markh@nch.edu.au
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Mark Hanlon,
>Radiation Safety Officer,
>The New Children's Hospital,
>P.O. Box 3515,
>PARRAMATTA, NSW, 2124
>Australia
>
>
>Phone  61 2 9845 3324      FAX  61 2 9845 0831
>
>email     markh@nch.edu.au
>
>
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