RE:

["Weiss, Sue" <SWeiss@childrensmemorial.org>]

Yes, we have emergency generators, but getting the irradiator on the power
source is not something that happens easily! Thanks for the thought though.
Sue Weiss, C .N.M.T., FSNMTS
Radiation Safety Officer
The Children's Memorial Medical Center
2300 Children's Plaza
Chicago, IL 60614
773-880-4663
773-880-4455 (Fax)
sweiss@childrensmemorial.org

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Feldman, Gerald [mailto:gfeldman@msx.ndc.mc.uci.edu]
		Sent:	Friday, December 17, 1999 5:07 PM
		To:	Multiple recipients of list
		Subject:	RE: 

		Sue:

		All hospitals are required to have emergency power.

		Ask your facilities maintenance people to place the
irradiator on one of the
		emergency power circuits in your institution.  Since the
irradiator uses
		sealed sources for the actual irradiation, it should use
very little
		electric power and should not pose any significant load on
the emergency
		generators.  

		Hope this helps.

		Gerald Feldman, M.S.
		Radiation Safety Officer
		University of California, Irvine Medical Center
		Orange, California
		gfeldman@uci.edu  

		-----Original Message-----
		From: Weiss, Sue [mailto:SWeiss@childrensmemorial.org]
		Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 8:57 AM
		To: Multiple recipients of list
		Subject: 


		Radsafers,
			Our blood bank has asked that we come up with a way
to irradiate
		blood if the power to the irradiator goes out. Any thoughts?


		Sue Weiss, C .N.M.T., FSNMTS
		Radiation Safety Officer
		The Children's Memorial Medical Center
		2300 Children's Plaza
		Chicago, IL 60614
		773-880-4663
		773-880-4455 (Fax)
		sweiss@childrensmemorial.org
	
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