Ohio Admin. Code 3701:1-58-39 - Safety precautions for unsealed radioactive material
(A) For each
patient or human research subject who cannot be released under rule
3701:1-58-30
of the Administrative Code, a licensee shall:
(1) Quarter the patient or the human research
subject either in:
(a) A private room with a
private sanitary facility; or
(b) A
room, with a private sanitary facility, with another individual who also has
received therapy with unsealed radioactive material and who also cannot be
released under rule
3701:1-58-30
of the Administrative Code;
(2) Visibly post the patient's or the human
research subject's room with a "radioactive materials" sign.
(3) Note on the door or in the patient's or
human research subject's chart where and how long visitors may stay in the
patient's or the human research subject's room; and
(4) Either monitor material and items removed
from the patient's or the human research subject's room to determine that their
radioactivity cannot be distinguished from the natural background radiation
level with a radiation detection survey instrument set on its most sensitive
scale and with no interposed shielding, or handle the material and items as
radioactive waste.
(B) A
licensee shall notify the radiation safety officer, or his or her designee, and
an authorized user as soon as possible if the patient or human research subject
has a medical emergency or dies.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3748.02, 3748.04
Rule Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior Effective Dates: 08/15/2005, 08/10/2015
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3748.02, 3748.04
Rule Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior Effective Dates: 8/15/2005
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