Re: Electronic records

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The California requirement is to maintain records for three years after the 
survey/test was made (with a few exceptions).  The only requirement is that 
they are made available and accessable during the State inspection of the 
radioactive materials license.  It matters not what the media of storage is.. 
 Some facilities store their camera QC on disk, and as long as they are 
retreivable, it is acceptable.  Remember however, that should the records not 
be available during the inspection (going back w years) because of a problem 
with the storage media (disk or tape), the inspection agency looks at this as 
a documentation violation and/or a test performance violation, depending on 
the details, etc.  Most radiopharmaceutical companies now provide computer 
systems for documenting daily QC, surveys, package receipts, etc.  All 
acceptable, if retreivable.  ADVICE:  BACK EVERYTHING UP....DAILY.

Stephen Doerfler
Health Physicist, LACDHS
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