[ RadSafe ] Central Dose registry

[Frikkie Beeslaar]

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Hi everybody

I need your views on the specific matter of a central registry for external doses received by radiation workers.  

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having or not having a central database where records are kept of external doses? 
Why do you have to have a central database?
Who is responsible for such a central registry?  
How do they do it in other countries?
Should a country decide not to have a central database, what practical measures can be implemented to ensure proper record keeping of accumulation of doses per worker, etc?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards
Frik Beeslaar



Frik Beeslaar
Medical Physicist
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