Risk Assessment - Nuclear Medicine

["Walter Cofer" <cofer@NETTALLY.COM>]

A few additional nuclear medicine department-related "hazards" that come to

mind are:



- improper storage/disposal of RAM

- loss of RAM

- accidental exposure of a member of the public (just a 2 mrem exposure in

an hour,

  or 100 mrem in a year requires notification to the appropriate radiation

control agency)

- misadministration



The above are not only regulatory violations, they may result in lawsuits.



- Walter Cofer

FL Bureau of Radiation Control







Susan Harrison wrote:



 I am new to this list and have never contributed.  I am a Radiology

 Director for a medium sized rural hospital.  Our new Safety Officer for

 the hospital has asked me to perform a Risk Assessment for our Radiation

 Safety plan.  These are the following potential "hazards" I have

 identified thus far.  Our Safety Officer, however, has mentioned that he

 would like a list of ALL possible radiation-related possibilites (no

 matter how extreme the may seem)...so, I ask you to please, please

 assist me with suggestions for this list.



 Here is what I have:

 Radiating a Pregnant Patient

 Large, Moderate, and Minor Spill (internal and external)

 Theft of Radioactive Material from the Nuc Med Hot Lab

 Employee Exceeding Annual Limits



 Please help me with any other suggestions.



 Thank you  in advance,

 Susan Harrison









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