[ RadSafe ] OSHA and EDE

[Sandy Perle]

Thanks to those who responded to my request for the current status of 
OSHA regulations with respect to EDE calculations. Apparently OSHA 
still does not permit the use of EDE. Perhaps it's time for ACR, AAPM 
and other organizations with a vested interest in this ruling will 
once again approach OSHA to revise its regulations to be consistent 
with other state and federal agencies, and allow the use of NCRP 122 
approved methodologies. It is a shame that physicians and 
technologists can not take advantage of dose weighting methodologies. 
Unfortunately, this ruling forces many individuals to simply not wear 
personnel monitoring devices when their cumulative dose approaches 
regulatory limit (told to me my several individuals). Reasonable 
regulatory decisions would actually lead to better radiation 
practices my those who are exposed to higher doses from these 
applications.

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Sandy Perle 
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