Re: Conundrum

[William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>]

With the exception of required NRC (or other regulator) reports, an employee's
dose history files should not be released to an outside organization without the
employee's consent.  As a general rule, we treat dosimetry records as medical
records.

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

"Mercado, Don" wrote:

> We recently started allowing non-Lockheed Martin employees to use a large
> Co-60 irradiator we own. These individuals are required to attend our
> radiation safety training, be approved by our Radiation Safety Committee as
> Authorized Users, and are issued LM dosimetry. Their dosimeter results come
> to me mixed in with LM employee's dosimetry results. For privacy purposes,
> if an LM employee wants to know their exposure history I require a written
> request over the individual's signature. Now I have received a request from
> the Human Resources department of the employer of these non-LM employees for
> a copy of their dosimetry records "for their files."
>
> My question is, do I still require a request from the employee, or do I send
> the information to the HR department? How do y'all handle this?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
>
> Donald P. Mercado
> Radiation Safety Officer
> Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Missiles & Space - Sunnyvale Operations
> O/EK-20, B/101
> 1111 Lockheed Martin Way
> Sunnyvale, CA 94089
> Ph. (408) 742-0759
> Fax (408) 742-0611
> Email: Don.mercado@lmco.com
>
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