Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 144-220-G-E-315 - Safety precautionsA. For each patient or human research subject who cannot be released under G.75, a licensee shall: (1) Quarter the patient or 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 G.75.(2) Visibly post the patient's or 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 human research subject's room; and(4) Either monitor material and items removed from the patient's or 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 the authorized user as soon as possible if the patient or human research subject has a medical emergency or dies. The licensee shall also notify the Agency in accordance with G.3068 if it is possible that any individual could receive exposures in excess of Part D.301 of this rule as a result from exposure to the deceased body.10-144 C.M.R. ch. 220, § G-E-315