The following restrictions apply until:

•  1 Week after a standard discharge
• 2 weeks after standard discharge IF persons under 18 or pregnant persons reside in the home with the cat.

1. Upon discharge, your cat will have an identification collar warning others about radioacitve iodine. This must remain on your cat until the restrictions are lifted.

   2. Persons over 18 years of age should stay THREE FEET away from the discharged patient except for brief periods of necessary care. You should minimize close contact with your cat. If anyone is sleeping ( or otherwise incapacitated), the cat must be confined behind a closed door.

   3. Persons under 18 years of age  and pregnant women should stay SIX feet away from the discharged patient at all times.

   4. Persons under 18 years of age and pregnant women should not change the litter.

   5. You must keep your cat strictly confined to your premises during this period.

   6. Your cat will still be excreting low levels of radioactive iodine upon discharge (after the standard hospital stay). Make sure your cat urinates and defecates in his/her litter pan. If your cat is inconsistent about litter box use, the cat should be confined to a room with cleanable surfaces (not wood or carpet). You must wear disposable protective (exam) gloves to further minimize contact with litter (urine or feces).

   7. You are required to utilize flushable litter and flush via your home's toilet all waste for a period of one week after discharge from the facility. Do not discard the waste into trash as the radioactive material in the litter would set off the alarm at the waste site and may require an investigation by regulatory agencies.

   8. Wash your hands carefully after handling your cat, his/her food dishes and litter pan.

   9. Never use bleach or oxy products for two weeks after discharge when cleaning up after the cat.

   10. If your cat should need veterinary attention (or die for any reason) for two weeks after discharge, contact our office. If we are not available, then contact your primary veterinarian or an emergency service. If your cat were to require hospitalization during this period, it must be done at a radioiodine treatment facility.

By signing the form below, I acknowledge that I have read the restrictions and rules that must be followed if my cat is treated with radioactive iodine. I agree to follow those restrctions carefully and do request that my cat be treated. I understand that the radioactive iodine which my cat will receive is beneficial to him/her, but it is desirable that people are not unnecessarily exposed to radiation.