Re: Badges for surgery

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Of course, the NRC does not regulate medical

facilities, only licensed material throught the

licensee.  A physician in cardiac cath, fluoro, etc.,

who does not wear his or badge is accountable to whom?

 I have heard of a few (very few, because they are

rare?) instances where physicians have been treatened

with removal of clinical priviledges for violating

requirements to wear badges.  



In some cases it is not associated with the cavalier

attitude of the physicians as much as their focus on

the task on hand, e.g., medical treatment.  



--- 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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