Re: Personnel Dosimetry Records

[BRZGV@ccmail.ceco.com]

     Supervisors must know how much dose their personnel are accumulating.  
     How might they use "dose-equalization" principles or look at trends or 
     comparisons between workers to ensure that everyone is performing work 
     in a manner that is consistent with ALARA principles?
     
     I would think that the name, monthly, and yearly total posted in the 
     group breakroom would be reasonable.  This allows workers to compare 
     themselves against one another and possibly question their own 
     exposure.
     
     You need to find the balance between the needs of the individual and 
     the needs of the group.
     
     Glen Vickers
     Nuclear Power HP


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Subject: Personnel Dosimetry Records
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at INTERNET
Date:    7/9/96 2:13 PM


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
FAX    414-259-7889