RE: CORRECTED INFO RE GAMMAMED HDR UNITS

["Lavera, Ron" <Ron.Lavera@nypa.gov>]

Would someone please provide information as to the intended uses of these
devices ?  

Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

Ron LaVera
Lavera.r@nypa.gov

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	James Myers [mailto:JHM@nrc.gov]
		Sent:	Wednesday, August 18, 1999 8:07 AM
		To:	Multiple recipients of list
		Subject:	Re: CORRECTED INFO RE GAMMAMED HDR UNITS

		Paul,

		Thanks for the clarification on the problem with the
GammaMed HDR units.   The Bulletin speaks for itself.   The problem appears
to be a separation from the drive mechanism and not a "break" between the
source and the drive cable as my note indicated.  

		Jim Myers
		jhm@nrc.gov

		    
		>>> <Paul_Tyree@CIS-US.CCMAIL.compuserve.com> 08/17 5:54 PM
>>>
		     
		James Myers <JHM@nrc.gov>wrote:
		     
		Subscribers, 
		     
		Theratronics International Limited has issued a "User
Bulletin" to GammaMed 
		customers  as a result of four recent incidents involving
source cable 
		separation. 
		     
		CLARIFICATION HERE:
		     
		The bulletin refers to 4 incidents in which "...the source
cable became 
		separated from the driving mechanism." NOT separation of the
source from the 
		cable!...as grammatically semaphored in Mr. Myers' opening
sentence above.
		     
		BIG, HUGE, GIGANTIC DIFFERENCE - Let's be more careful out
there, even as we 
		strive to be helpful. Thanks for your attention.
		     
		     
		Paul Tyree, RSO
		CIS-US, Inc.
		tel. 781/275-7120 
		     
		     
		     
		The bulletin has been sent to GammaMed 12i and 12it high
dose rate afterloader 
		users and to the radiation control programs in the Agreement
States.  The 
		bulletin describing Theratronics recommendations to users
and actions being 
		taken to remedy the situation is now posted at the OSP web
site's "What's New" 
		area.    
		     
		     
		     
		     
		     
		     
		     
		     
		     
	
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