RE: Termination Bioassay Noncompliance -Reply

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@ix.netcom.com>]

If the exit termination bioassay isn't taken, document that an 
attempt was made and the reason why no documented result exists. In 
some cases an entrance bioassay can be obtained from the next 
facility, if that information is known, and, the facility agrees to 
send a copy (with the individual's written permission, of course). 
While this isn't 100% confident that the result would be similar to 
an exit from your facility, it is better to have an entrance 
elsewhere than no record at all.

It is my opinion that if the attempt is made, and no sample can be 
obtained, that this is NOT a regulatory noncompliance. In all 
probablility, the facility should have enough information, air 
samples, surveys etc. to determine if the individual even needed to 
be part of a bioassay program in the first place.

Sandy Perle
Director, Technical Operations
ICN Dosimetry Division
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