Our therapy ward (9 beds) can perform all currently available therapies with open radionuclides. It offers modern 2-bed and 1-bed rooms with bathrooms. Of course, a color television and a telephone connection are available during your stay. The use of mobile telephones is expressly permitted.

The patient rooms on the ward are no different from those on other wards, but invisible structural measures have been taken to comply with the strict radiation protection regulations. During your stay, you will be offered a diet low in iodine, which can improve the absorption of radioiodine into your thyroid gland.

Unfortunately, for radiation protection reasons, visitors are not permitted to enter the therapy ward. However, items can be handed in for you at any time.

In Germany, radioiodine therapy may only be carried out under inpatient conditions, as required by the Radiation Protection Ordinance. The length of your stay depends on the activity used, the individual storage behavior, and the thyroid volume to be treated.

In addition to the doctors, five nurses work on the ward and will care for your needs and wishes. A physicist is responsible for radiation protection and technical-physical care.

Most patients are pleasantly surprised by the entire stay, as nuclear medicine therapies are generally painless and essentially free of side effects.

Before inpatient admission

When you are admitted to the hospital, please bring the referral from your attending physician and your health insurance card with you. The daily hospital allowance is € 10.

You should also bring a list of your medications with the exact names, previous dosages (preferably the original medication), and the most important documents about your illnesses (external diagnostics and therapies).

Of course, you may also bring your food and drink.

Sour sweets to stimulate saliva production to protect the salivary glands are recommended.

Anything you have brought with you can be taken away immediately upon discharge.

Inpatient Admission

On the day of admission, you can have a small breakfast and your morning medication until 7 am. Please report to the nuclear medicine registration desk in House 40 by around 09:00. You can then leave your luggage on our ward in House 40, on the 2nd floor, and find out what further steps you need to take regarding your registration.

After registration, a blood sample is taken. The nursing staff on the ward then holds an admission interview, and the treatment is discussed with the ward doctor.

What should you bear in mind?

Please keep your distance to ensure that staff are not unnecessarily exposed to radiation.

As the waste water has to be collected in special decay systems, we ask you to use water sparingly.

Discharge

As soon as you have spent at least 2 days in the therapy ward and the radioactivity in your body has fallen below a limit specified by law, you can be discharged home. As a rule, you will be informed of your discharge at least one day in advance during your ward round. For some patients, a so-called whole-body scintigram is required on the day of discharge. Following the measurement or the whole-body scintigraphy, there will be a final consultation with the ward doctor.

You will receive a short letter with the most important information about your inpatient stay and a treatment certificate. In the final consultation with the ward doctor, you will be informed individually about the recommendations that apply to your behavior after therapy.

It is recommended to keep a certain distance from small children and pregnant women for a certain period and to limit contact. Please note that pregnancy should be avoided approximately 6 months after radioiodine therapy. There are no restrictions on living with and caring for pets.

The nursing and medical team will be happy to answer any further questions. We wish you a pleasant stay and a speedy recovery!