Re: ?? Webster Formula

["Wesley M. Dunn" <WDUNN@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us>]

cc: jrg91@virginia.edu,bbusby@umich.edu

I don't know about the name "Webster Formula", but there has been
data published which supports the following FOR MEDICAL FLUORO ONLY:

1 badge:  Multiply the DDE by 0.3 = EDE
2 badge:  (Under apron at waist; outside at neck)
          DDE(waist) * 1.5 + DDE(neck) * 0.04 = EDE

Wes


> Date:          Mon, 6 Nov 95 11:50:36 -0600
> Reply-to:      radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> From:          Bruce Busby <bbusby@umich.edu>
> To:            Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Subject:       ?? Webster Formula

>  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: jrg9l@virginia.edu
>
> Someone told me about a formula called the "Webster Formula" which
> is used to equate TEDE or whole body radiation dose to that
> received by a dosimeter worn on the outside of a lead apron at
> collar level while performing fluoroscopy.  He thought he had seen
> it referred to in an old HP new letter.  Do you know what this
> formula is or where I can find out more about it?  Thank you.
>
> Jim Gilchrist, Asst. Dir. Environmental Health and Safety, Univ. of
> Va.
>
> jrg9l@Virginia.edu
>
>
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