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24.5 Radiation protection: evacuation due to fire of patients who have received unsealed radioactive source therapy

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  1. 1.
    Every effort should be made to contact the medical physics department without compromising the patient's safety.
    To help in the evacuation of patients treated with iodine‐131 (DH [15], C).
  2. 2.
    Following evacuation, patients treated with iodine‐131 should be kept at a distance from other patients and staff.
    To minimize exposure of others to radiation (DH [15], C).
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