Re: hospital contamination incident

["joseroze@netvision.net.il" <joseroze@netvision.net.il>]

Safety Culture means characteristics and attitudes in organizations and

individuals which establishes, as an overriding priority, protection and

safety issues receive the attention warranted by their significance.

The IAEA Basic Safety Standards recommends: Responsible Parties, page 14,

1.9 – The General responsibilities of principal parties, within the

requirements specified by the Regulatory Authority are:



...

b) To develop, implement and document a protection and safety programme

commensurate with the nature and extent of the risks associated with the

practices...



...

(iii) To identify any failures and shortcomings in the protection and

safety and resources, and to take steps to correct them and prevent their

recurrence.



Jose Julio Rozental

joseroze@netvision.net.il

Brazil, until January 26

 

Original Message:

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From: William V Lipton liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM

Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 10:22:09 -0500

To: prestwic@MCMAIL.CIS.MCMASTER.CA, michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu,

jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET, BLHamrick@AOL.COM, Perrero@IDNS.STATE.IL.US,

radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: Re: hospital contamination incident





That's not as far fetched as you may believe.  We are required to report, to

the MI Department of Environmental Quality, virtually any spill that has the

potential to reach surface water.  This includes leaks of oil or antifreeze

from employees' personal vehicles, above a deminimis quantity.  Such events

are generally not a threat to the environmental, but this assures that we

maintain an effective spill response plan, and that we train site employees

on

environmental awareness issues.



The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

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

Curies forever.



Bill Lipton

liptonw@dteenergy.com





William Prestwich wrote:



> Michael Stabin makes a good point. Perhaps to put it in perspective-should

> we call out an emergency response team if we spill some orange juice-after

> all it is an acid?

> Bill Prestwich





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