I have a question about the radioactivity in Breast milk once Mom has
pumped. A patient was receiving Tech 99 for a scan and was instructed to
pump for 24 hours. She also was told that instead of dumping this milk,
she could save it and feed it to the baby at a later time, because the
radioactivity would dissipate in the pumped milk in about 48 hours.
I am not sure of the chemical breakdown of the radioactivity in the milk.
Does anyone know if this is appropriate information? Most of the
literature advises pumping and dumping.

Dianne Veatch
RN FACCE IBCLC

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