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POSTED LABORATORIES: There are approximately 940 posted
laboratories within the Clinical Center in which radioactive
materials are handled. RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS are only used in
rooms labeled |
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"CAUTION RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL" |
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Precautions to Follow Include:
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Do
Not Touch Labeled Areas or Items
Do Not Eat,
Drink or Smoke Inside Posted Rooms
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| 2. |
RADIATION
PRODUCING MACHINES in patient care areas and Diagnostic Radiology
Dept in the Clinical Center. Room is labeled with :
"CAUTION X-RAYS"
Permanent x-ray
machines are labeled:
"CAUTION PRODUCES RADIATION WHEN ENERGIZED"
NO RADIATION
IS PRESENT WHEN MACHINE IS "OFF". THERE IS NO POTENTIAL FOR
CONTAMINATION
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| 3. |
CYCLOTRON:
Sub-basement of Building 10.
Manufactures
radioactive materials for injection into patients in the Positron
Emission Tomography (PET) Dept. Card Key access only.
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| 4. |
RADIATION
ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT : B3 Level of Clinical Center
Performs radiation
therapy for cancer patients, primarily with accelerators in
specially shielded rooms.
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| 5. |
DEPARTMENT
OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE: 1st Floor Clinical Center
Performs diagnostic
scans of patients using injections of radioactive materials.
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| 6. |
8
WEST PATIENT CARE UNIT: Radioactive Material Patient Therapies
Patients undergoing
certain cancer treatment are placed in private rooms on this
unit because the patients have large amounts of radioactive
material circulating in their bodies. The patients remain
in the private rooms until the excess radioactive material
has cleared the body. These rooms are very well labeled and
patient care personnel receive specialized radiation safety
training prior to assisting these patients.
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