Re: Badges for surgery

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Bill, which one refers to a physician?  I don't doubt

this can be done, but I would like to cite a real

violation involving a physician.  I know that there

have been instances involving the use of Sr-90 eye

plagues, but I have not seen any involving other

souces.



--- William V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM> wrote:

> In the "good old days," a nonlicensed person was not

> cited by the NRC.  Only his licensed employer was

> held accountable.  That's changed.  NRC enforcement

> policy now holds nonlicensed individuals accountable

> for compliance with regulations.  Thus, a

> surgeon who handles NRC licensed material and does

> not comply with monitoring requirements, i.e.

> wearing his dosimeter properly and changing it out

> on schedule, can be individually cited by the NRC,

> in addition to any citation for the licensee.

> This citation, especially if the action was

> determined to be "willful," could cause the

> individual to be fined or prohibited from

> involvement in licensed activities.

> 

> Anyone who doubts that the NRC would do this should

> go to:

> 

>

http://www.nrc.gov/what-we-do/regulatory/enforcement/current.html#individual

> 

> The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

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

> Curies forever.

> 

> Bill Lipton

> liptonw@dteenergy.com

> 

> alstonchris@netscape.net wrote:

> 

> > Caveat emptor.  Some states may have rules like

> the one in Washington, which says (said?) that

> anyone "associated" with the operation of a

> fluoroscope shall be badged.

> > On the other hand, if you issue badges to all of

> them, but half, or more, of them don't wear them

> routinely, or at all, then you're creating a

> possibly spurious database of their exposures.  This

> was a real problem for me, at one place I worked.

> >

> > Cheers

> > cja

> >

> >

>

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-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

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