SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

A. For each patient or human research subject who cannot be released under part 4731.4427 , a licensee must: (1) quarter the patient or the human research subject 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 part 4731.4427 ; (2) visibly post the patient's or the 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: (a) 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 (b) handle the material and items as radioactive waste. B. A licensee must notify the radiation safety officer or the officer's designee and the authorized user as soon as possible if the patient or human research subject has a medical emergency or dies.