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Re: Support Device
Many thanx for bringing this issue to the attention of Radsafe. It's obviously
more than a "hardware" problem.
10 CFR 50, Appendix I virtually requires nuclear utilities to spend up to $1000
to avoid 1 man-rem of dose to the public. I've heard of utility ALARA programs
that require up to $10,000 to avoid 1 man-rem of occupational exposure. EPA
guidelines would have homeowners spend huge amounts to avoid a few pCi/l of
radon daughters. How can physicians, supposedly in the business of saving
lives, have their low-paid employees receive unnecessary exposure to avoid
expenditures which I would guess are nowhere near those amounts?
That this situation exists, and health physicists seem powerless to stop it, is
a blot on our profession.
How about requiring the physicians to pay the technologists $10K for every rem
of exposure? They'd find a solution in nanoseconds.
My usual question: Where's a regulator when you need one?
The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.
Curies forever.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
"Villamar, Glenda (WBH)" wrote:
> We have an issue out our medical facility where x-ray technologists are
> being used to support sedated patients in an upright position while taking a
> C-arm x-ray. These technologists are receiving high exposures from the
> beams. We are trying to find a device/equipment that would support a patient
> in the upright position so the doctors will stop asking the technologists.
> Any ideas?
>
> Sincerely,
> Glenda Villamar, MS, Radiation Safety Consultant
>
> Please send your replies to my e-mail at gvillama@bhsi.com
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