[ RadSafe ] Radiation Protection X-ray Guidance document published

[William Lipton]

Many thanks.  I posted this to the "Links" tab of my web site:
www.PowerReactorRP.com

Bill Lipton
It's not about dose, it's about trust.



On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Tupin, Edward <Tupin.Edward at epa.gov> wrote:

> RadSafe,
>
> One additional Important piece of information.  The text of the guidance
> is available as a pdf here:
> http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/federal/FGR14%202012-10-10.pdf
>
>
> Ed
> Edward A. Tupin
> Center for Radiological Emergency Management
> US EPA
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> From: Tupin, Edward
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 3:26 PM
> To: 'radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu'
> Subject: Radiation Protection Guidance document published
>
> RadSafe,
>
> On April 3, 2013, a Notice of Availability for Federal Guidance Report No.
> 14, Radiation Protection Guidance for Diagnostic and Interventional X-ray
> Procedures, was published in the Federal Register (Vol 78, issue 64, pages
> 20103 - 20104). Comments are being collected until June 3. An interagency
> work group of physicians, dentists, veterinarians, medial physicists, and
> health physicists has been working on this guidance for several years. It
> replaces Federal Guidance Report No. 9 from 1976, and updates the guidance
> to include digital radiography, computed tomography (CT), and
> interventional fluoroscopy. Per capita medical radiation doses have been
> climbing rapidly in recent years, and while this increase is associated
> with a favorable benefit to risk ratio, there remains great opportunity for
> reducing individual patient doses. This guidance will help federal health
> care facilities reduce patient doses without compromising patient care. It
> is hoped that private sector faciliti
>  es also will find this guidance useful.
>
> Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-1064, by
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>
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