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Re: blood irradiation
My apologies for any sarcasm.
However, I still find it hard to believe that the hospital cannot find funding
for emergency power when patients' lives are at stake. As other responders
pointed out, the power load is low.
Although you didn't state this explicitly, are they asking you to jimmy the
interlocks to save a few $$ ? I would have great difficulty justifying this.
It also may be a violation of your license.
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
"Weiss, Sue" 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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