Contamination of the home environment by patients treated with Iodine-131: initial results.

Radiation Exposure From Outpatient Radioactive Iodine (<SUP>131</SUP>I) Therapy for Thyroid Carcinoma

“…However, other investigators have shown that internal doses resulting from contamination and intake of 131 I are likely to be much smaller than external exposure to radiation from patients. 5,6 The measured exposures in this study reflect the first 10 days after treatment. However, the 10-day cumulative exposure represents most of the theoretical dose; for the average thyroid uptake in this study, the 10-day cumulative exposure accounts for 84% of Investigators are commonly said to be engaged in a search for the truth.…”

Radionuclide therapy services in an era of COVID-19: the radiation protection challenges, opportunities and considerations

“…The magnitude of the radiation exposure and resultant radiation risk in all these scenarios will be higher from day-case patients compared to that from in-patients due to the higher external dose rates associated with patient contact earlier after administration [ 2 , 3 ]. Additionally, minimising transfer of radioactive contamination from urine, faeces, sweat or saliva in the home will be more challenging to achieve as the earlier discharge also results in higher levels of excretion occurring in the home [ 4 ]. Both of these factors result in the need for longer and more stringent time and distance restrictions and may require the exclusive use of separate bathroom facilities for the first few days post administration.…”

Selecting suitable materials to avoid radioiodine contamination Uranium in glass

“…• Contamination of the rooms and items used by radioiodine patients [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Patients' habits such as a lack of hand washing or standing up while urinating [13] were responsible for contaminating areas of rooms.…”