Prepare now for pandemic readiness security and patient surge.

This article, reprinted from the IAHSS newsletter Directions (Volume 20, Number 1, Fall 2006), addressed itself to concerns about the H5N1 Avian Flu. While the worst case predictions should a pandemic strike this country have not yet materialized with the H1NI Swine Flu, the threat of an H1N1 pandemic this fall or at a future date in a more virulent form, or that of another currently unknown viral threat, makes the author's recommendations, especially those concerning the role of healthcare security, timely and well worth considering.

Naming convention for radiation therapy treatment fields.

We have implemented in our clinic a practical naming convention for radiation therapy treatment fields. In this convention, each treatment field is given a standardized code name that denotes its beam orientation, anatomical site, and treatment phase with up to seven characters. This practice reduces the confusion in patient charting and computer record keeping that can exist when multiple names are given to the same field.

Structure of bis(2-chloroethyl)ammonium hexachlorostannate.

[(ClCH2CH2)2NH2]2SnCl6, M(r) = 617.48, monoclinic, C2/c, a = 15.67 (2), b = 13.