Personnel Dosimetry Records -Reply

[DAVID HARRISON <DHARRISON@doe.lanl.gov>]

At Los Alamos National Lab, that information is transmitted via company
mail stamped PERSONAL INFORMATION, which I believe is considered to
be Sensitive Unclassified.  On the dosimetry record reports are given the
employee's names, dose information, and a unique identifying number,
sometimes, SSN, sometimes not.  This unique identifying number is is
Sensitive Unclassified.  Based on this, I would say that dosimetry
records are covered under the Privacy Act.

DHARRISON@DOE.LANL.GOV
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>>> Robert G. Yoss <ryoss@post.its.mcw.edu> 07/09/96 12:15pm >>>
Recently a question of confidentiality of personnel dosimetry records has
 been brought up.  The question is, if monthly film badge exposures are 
posted in a department, what, if any, information on the report from the 
badge vendor should not be posted?  information such as SSN and DOB
are  assumed not to be posted.  The main question is, each person has a
 participant number, so should the name also be excluded so the
exposure  is theoretically known only to the participant?  What right do 
supervisors and managers have to know the exposures of the people
they  supervise?  Do occupational radiation exposure records come
under the  federal Privacy Act?  Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Bob Yoss
Radiation Safety Coordinator
Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53226
Office 414-257-5381
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