Radioiodine therapy to out-patients—the contamination hazard

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

“…The number of peaks in the subjects of Figure 1 suggest multiple transfers of iodine-131 from the patient. Figure 4 for Family 7 shows no such repeats, although the son's thyroid activity exceeded 100,000 pCi. Transfer of iodine-131 between Patient 2 and her family was very small in spite of the large activity administered to the patient (Figure 2).…”

Bone Seeking Radiopharmaceuticals for Metastatic Bone Pain

“…In the case of 131 I it proved to be less. The uptake of 131 I in the thyroid of family members was measured (Buchan and Brindle 1970). A maximum uptake of 3.8 Bq per MBq administered was found.…”

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.…”