Re: Radioactive blood

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

>I agree.  However, the authorized user is generally not the only doctor that 
>the patient has caring for them.  Most of the time when I am "suprised" it
is 
>because another physician decided to order the blood work.  This has ranged 
>from a Med Onc (who should know better) to the surgeon who removed the 
>thyroid (who should also know better but has a better excuse than the Med 
>Onc) to the patients endocrinologist.  The AU is not always 100% in the loop 
>on some of this and it was a floor nurse or phlebotomist who was saavy
enough 
>to call me and ask if this was "ok" after seeing the placards on the door.
>
>Since the radiation safety issues usually end up on my doorstep anyway, I 
>prefer to be a proactive physicist and avoid as may "suprises" as I can.  
>Driving 100 miles to pick up some contaminated trash from an incinerator 
>facility is not my idea of a fun way to pass an afternoon.
>
>Charles M. Carver, MS, DABMP
>Chief Physicist
>Medical X-ray Center'
>Sioux Falls, SD
>ccarverms@aol.com
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