Consensus Radiation Protection Practices

[Bill Pitchford <Bill.Pitchford@asu.edu>]

Schiager, et. al. under the auspices of Howard Hughes Medical Institute 
have developed a set of consensus guidelines for biomedical research 
using radioactive materials.  The resulting journal article is the 
Operational Topic in the December issue of "Health Physics."

It contains very useful concepts for the development of similar guidelines.

The "Authorization Procedure", "Radiation Safety Training", "Personal 
Monitoring Criteria" (Especially Schiager's Bioassay Guidelines and 
Tables) and "Security and Control of Radioactive Materials" are very well 
thought out and reflect the vast collective experience of the authors.

A definite keeper.

Reprints may be requested from:

W.E. Barkley
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4000 Jones Bridge Road
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789