How Are Prostheses Handled At Airport Screenings?


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I’d like to hear from a TSA screener or someone who is familiar with this, not speculation or “jokes,” as this is a serious subject. Do they need to be removed and x-rayed? Will a doctor’s note be required?
Has this changed with the new travel restrictions?

3 Comments so far

  1. Medical Jokes: JetDoc

    I had a steel knee joint installed a few years back. I just tell the security inspector at the metal detector that I have a prosthetic knee joint, and I’m going to set off his alarm when I walk through, and they make me go sit in the corner for a few moments… Sometimes they’ll pat me down, and sometimes just wave the hand-held metal detector over me, but it’s not a big deal. I’ve never been asked for a Dr’s note. I don’t think there’s been any recent changes to this procedure.

  2. Medical Jokes: aprilx4u

    Im sure they can be inspected discretely

  3. Medical Jokes: lightnin

    what if the person is deaf and they say hold it,and you keep walking and they shoot you for not obeying ? well its happened before ,how does a blind person know when he or she is done wiping ?





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