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Re: blood irradiation
Has anyone suggested calling Mr. Sheppard - the father of self sheilded irradiators??
I think this individual is looking for a manual alternative. If anyone can tell you
how to operate a self sheilded irradiatior manually, he can. He'll probably can tell
you if it's do-able even it it's not his device. Of course, you probably have a
license condition that says, you can't take anything apart. I don't have his number
but see him at a number of professional gatherings each year.
William V Lipton wrote:
> 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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