It's going to be busy the next couple of weeks, since most of the students will be cramming for their certification exam. I've been working on a few cases but haven't posted up anything just yet... so sorry about that, BUT to replace the case studies I will be posting the questions posed by the students to help them study for their exam.
Q1. If a breastfeeding women just had a bone scan, do you tell them to stop
breastfeeding for 24 hours? Where do I find the correct interruption times for
all the radioisotopes??
A1. According to the literature, there is no cessation of breast feeding for mothers who just had a bone scan. However, other radioisotopes like Ga-67 requires at least 1 month, but this effectively stops any type of breast feeding since there will be latching issues later on.
References:
2. http://nrc-stp.ornl.gov/narmtoolbox/nureg1556vol9_rev2_012408.pdf (see Appendix U, page U-9)
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