title: Radiation detector passes big test.
abstract: The new Emergency Department Notification System (EDNS) for radiation detection has been successfully tested at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Physicians in the hospital ED and radiation oncology departments agree this"new generation" device offers several benefits. Isotopes regularly used for diagnoses and therapy will not set off the detectors. Because dangerous isotopes can be detected in a patient's body, if radioactive dust has been inhaled, the detectors will set off an alarm. Machines such as CT scans can be saved from contamination.
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D011827:Radiation; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards