RE:

[John Elliott <jwe@lanl.gov>]

Another option would be a small 12 volt DC to 120 volt AC inverter 
available at Radio Shack or other electronic suppliers.  With this you 
could run the irradiator off a automobile battery  -   from the cigarette 
lighter socket.  Be sure you purchase one with enough capacity.  The small 
ones are in the $80 to $100 price range.

John

  At 12:10 PM 12/21/99 -0600, you wrote:
>We have immune compromised patients that need blood when they need it.
>Coffee machines and such are definitely NOT provided for. This is a
>Pediatric Medical Center!!!! We do not approach these things frivolously!
>Other instruments need what power we can generate from our standby systems.
>What I need are workable solutions not sarcasm.
>
>Sue
>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:   William V Lipton [mailto:liptonw@dteenergy.com]
>                 Sent:   Tuesday, December 21, 1999 6:18 AM
>                 To:     Multiple recipients of list
>                 Subject:        Re:
>
>                 What did you have in mind?  Maybe I'm also missing
>something.
>
>                 Will lives be endangered if blood irradiations have to be
>postponed until power
>                 is restored?
>
>                 If not, then they can wait.
>
>                 If so, then this should get a higher priority for available
>generator load, or
>                 they should find the money for another generator  (My wild
>guess is that the
>                 coffee machines and copy machines are provided for.),
>instead of asking you to
>                 cut corners on safety.
>
>                 The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
>                 It's not about dose, it's about trust.
>
>                 Bill Lipton
>                 liptonw@dteenergy.com
>
>
>                 "Weiss, Sue" wrote:
>
>                 > Yes, you are missing it. We are a hospital with little
>resources!!! We can't
>                 > just go out and buy another generator!!! Our institutional
>backup generators
>                 > are already loaded and we can't put the irradiator on it.
>I need another
>                 > solution.
>                 > Thanks for the response
>                 >
>                 > 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:   Neon John
>[mailto:johngd@bellsouth.net]
>                 >                 Sent:   Friday, December 17, 1999 1:15 PM
>                 >                 To:     Multiple recipients of list
>                 >                 Subject:        Re:
>                 >
>                 >                 "Weiss, Sue" wrote:
>                 >                 >
>                 >                 > 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
>                 >
>                 >                 Hook it to the hospital's backup power
>bus?
>                 >
>                 >                 If the generator is inadequate, then buy
>(or if this is Y2K
>                 > scare
>                 >                 stuff, rent) a trailer-mounted generator.
>                 >
>                 >                 Am I missing something?  This seems too
>obvious.
>                 >
>                 >                 John
>                 >
>                 >                 --
>                 >                 John De Armond
>                 >                 johngdSPAMNOT@bellsouth.net
>                 >                 http://neonjohn.4mg.com
>                 >
>                 >
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