INDICATIONS AT DISCHARGE FOR PATIENTS RECEIVING TREATMENT WITH  I 131 FOR THYROID CANCER

 Write down patient's name, date and dosimetry (mrem/h/m or uSv/h/m) in the form.

  Patient must:

 
- Go home in a private vehicle or taxi, using the the back seat and in diagonal with the driver.
- Eat a diet without restrictions.
- Should start thyroid replacement hormones next day of discharge and after whole body scan.
- Stay home isolated from people for 7 days beginning the day of radioiodine administration. Include dates from start to end, inclusives.
- Patient may get up, watch TV, talk on the phone, use computer, go outside, etc..
- Sleep alone during the isolation period.
- Avoid contact with children (under 14 years) and pregnant women.
- Keep distance from adults at 1 meter or more.
- Separate bed linen, lingerie and pajamas, keeping them in a plastic bag. At the end of isolation wash them separately.
- Wash hands thoroughly after using the bathroom.
- Follow the advice of physician or endocrinologist and pick up report of  radioiodine treatment and whole body scan.
 

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