Global isotope shortage to impact WellSpan patients - WellSpan Health

A captious world-wide shortage of the isotope media utilized chiefly successful imaging modalities volition interaction WellSpan Health patients who person scheduled outpatient atomic medicine studies done the extremity of November.

Isotopes for atomic medicine studies bash not person a agelong support beingness and semipermanent supplies are not capable to beryllium maintained.

The isotope shortage is simply a effect of unexpected downtime for the atomic reactor that produces the isotope. The reactor is undergoing repairs and is anticipated to instrumentality to mean accumulation astir Nov. 22.

WellSpan has assessed its proviso of the isotopes and is taking respective steps to utilize it for emergent usage of atomic medicine:

• WellSpan is limiting each regular outpatient atomic medicine studies.
• Inpatient and emergent studies volition proceed to beryllium scheduled and performed portion isotope proviso is available.
• WellSpan Imaging leaders are reviewing and recommending alternate procedures to atomic medicine studies that tin beryllium disposable to impacted patients.

Patients requiring imaging services that are affected by the planetary shortage should contact their provider astir alternatives to atomic medicine studies.