RE: Patient Excreta

["Migliore, Charles W" <Charles.W.Migliore@nspco.com>]

Interesting. This is not what I would expect. What is a "significant" dose?


Charles Migliore RRPT


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sandy Perle [SMTP:sandyfl@earthlink.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 16, 1999 3:46 PM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	RE: Patient Excreta
> 
> > What is the potential for exposure to the patient and members of the
> public
> > from this (and the "holdup tank") scenario vs. just dumping it in the
> sewer
> > where it will decay, anyway, without causing more unnecessary exposure
> to
> > anyone ? 
> 
> When in Graduate School, one my colleague's research was to 
> study the release and effect of radioactive material into the sewer 
> system in Dade County Florida (Greater Miami area), which 
> included around 10 large medical facilities. The results were that 
> there was very little dilution, with the release staying in a bolus (not 
> as expected), the facility could be identified by the "fingerprint" and 
> time of arrival at the sampling station. The dose from the release, if 
> I remember correctly (and this was quite some time ago) was not 
> insignificant. It was quite measurable.
> 
> Sandy Perle
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