[ RadSafe ] Central Dose registry

[Marcel Schouwenburg]

Dear Frikkie and RadSafers,

In the Netherlands we also use a Central Dose Registry named NDRIS 
(National Dose Registration and Information System). In this database 
the exposure of all radiological workers (occupationally exposed 
workers) is archived. All persons in the database are identified by a 
unique ID (number) and keep this number even when they change employer. 
This registry was set-up on behalf of the The Dutch Ministry of Social 
Affairs and Employment (SZW).

With kind regards,

Marcel Schouwenburg - RadSafe moderator & List owner
Head Training Centre Delft
National Centre for Radiation Protection (Dutch abbr. NCSV)

Faculty of Applied Sciences / Reactor Institute Delft
Delft University of Technology
Mekelweg 15
NL - 2629 JB  DELFT
The Netherlands
Phone +31 (0)15 27 86575
Fax     +31 (0)15 27 81717
email   m.schouwenburg at tnw.tudelft.nl

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>Hi everybody
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>I need your views on the specific matter of a central registry for external doses received by radiation workers.  
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>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?
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>Thanks in advance for your help.
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>Frik Beeslaar
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