What information can a patient who has been treated with radioactive iodine and is to be released expect to receive about the control of radioactive contamination?
The instructions provided by the licensee on actions recommended to maintain doses to other individuals as low as is reasonably achievable should include measures to limit the transfer of radioactive contamination to others. Because such transfer can occur through direct contact with the released patient and also indirectly, through individuals’ contact with contaminated objects and surfaces within the patient’s living quarters or elsewhere, the instructions provided by the licensee should cover both pathways. Accordingly, the instructions should include limiting direct contact with others and measures to limit the contamination of objects and surfaces and the spread of contamination. The instructions should also take into account the environment to which the patient will be released.
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