[ RadSafe ] Landauer MicroStar OSL reader

[Perle, Sandy]

John,

Not only having an approved QA program that addresses all aspects of a Quality System, but to be considered for a legal dose of record, the facility would have to go through the NVLAP process, unless a 3rd part processes the devices through their NVLAP accreditation. Granted, one may elect to not go through the NVLAP process and call a dose a legal dose of record, but in the event of potential litigation, the question as to whether the dose recorded was processed by a NVLAP accredited processor, this will come up.

§ 20.1501 General.

(c) All personnel dosimeters (except for direct and indirect reading pocket ionization chambers and those dosimeters used to measure the dose to the extremities) that require processing to determine the radiation dose and that are used by licensees to comply with § 20.1201, with other applicable provisions of this chapter, or with conditions specified in a license must be processed and evaluated by a dosimetry processor--

(1) Holding current personnel dosimetry accreditation from the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and

(2) Approved in this accreditation process for the type of radiation or radiations included in the NVLAP program that most closely approximates the type of radiation or radiations for which the individual wearing the dosimeter is monitored.

[56 FR 23398, May 21, 1991, as amended at 63 FR 39482, July 23, 1998]

Regards,

Sandy

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Sander C. Perle
President
Mirion Technologies
Dosimetry Services Division
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From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Dixon, John E. (CDC/ONDIEH/NCEH)
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Landauer MicroStar OSL reader

An owner of such a system would have to have an approved QA checks and balances procedure and could be used as a permanent legal record afterwords."

Regards,

John



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