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Thalium Stress Test
by Clos345, Jan 14, 2009 04:56PM
I had a thalium stress test yesterday...I have a ten month old child at home..how long before the radiation leaves my body so I know it is safe to handle my child...I work in a hospital and radiation silent alarm went off today so Im assuming its still pretty high. I had the test at 1pm yesterday...is it s still very strong and should I be worried about exposing it to my family??
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Patients who receive radiopharmaceuticals in the course of diagnosis or treatment are often released when their bodies still contain elevated amounts of radioactive material. These amounts are sufficiently high to be detected by sensitive radiation monitors for days or even weeks after administration. Several studies have estimated
the duration of time in which patients can trigger radiation alarms: for bone and thyroid scans, up to 3 days; for cardiac scans with thallium, up to 51 days.