Re: medical misadventures

["Jack Earley" <jearley@enercon.com>]

As a former RSO in Texas, I made it a personal point to review NRC industry

events, especially since I was providing radiographer training and wanted to

include them in my classes. However, I was also acutely aware that

everything I did to comply with Texas regulations was done on my own--my

predecessor had left invalid postings, missing sources, a radiation area in

the parking lot when the calibration source was exposed, etc. At the time,

my employer said he'd rather take his chances with the regulators than be

shut down to hang shielding, because it was costing him money. But that

wasn't an option as long as my name was on the license and I held the job

title. (It also told me all I needed to know about my employer.) We stayed

till midnight hanging lead on the walls. Compliance, in many cases, is a

choice. Some facilities are more diligent at it than others. The others only

comply when it's too painful not to.



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer



Enercon Services, Inc.

6525 N. Meridian, Suite 503

OKC, OK  73116

phone: 405-722-7693

fax:       405-722-7694

jearley@enercon.com



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----- Original Message -----

From: "Phil Hypes" <laradcon@HOTMAIL.COM>

To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: September 06, 2001 9:57 p.m.

Subject: Re: medical misadventures





> I'd put a much higher priority on this issue than on a chase for people

> giving 23 microcuries of Tc99m when the Rx said 20.  While we certainly

> have a professional obligation to see that the regulations are complied

> with, we also have an obligation to encourage resources to be applied

where

> they can do the most good.  Keeping radiography sources under appropriate

> controls certainly fits that bill.

>

> Phil Hypes

> Los Alamos Radiation Consultants

> laradcon@hotmail.com

> 505.920.9712

>

> >

> >I don't see it happening in almost any other licensee class either.  As a

> >onetime RSO for a radiography company and auditor of others, it clearly

was

> >not the policy of any of the companies to monitor the radiological

> >accidents

> >that occurred and to act proactively to prevent the same from happening.

> >This is not to say that they ignored the potential for accidents, but

that

> >there was no active feedback from the industry to the users to help

prevent

> >similar accidents. I believe that RADSAFE is a constructive communication

> >platform to help this process.

> >

> >John Andrews

> >Knoxville, Tennessee

>

>

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