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Re: blood irradiation
Tell me it ain't so!
As Sue stated, children's lives are at stake. Yet, to save a few $$$, you're
screwing around with Rube Goldberg contraptions with a high probability of
failure.
Nuclear utilities are constantly accused of putting profits before safety. This
is NOT true, at least for me. However, I would recommend that the regulators take
a closer look at hospitals.
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
John Elliott wrote:
> 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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