Re: Rad workers - but not trained

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

Franz wrote:

> I wonder whether these individuals should not be trained accordingly before
> becoming x-ray techs, nuclear medicine techs, physicians, PhDs..... 

I agree that they should be trained prior to working with radioactive 
materials or radiation generating equipment. I do know that for the 
most part, hospital x-ray techs as well as nuclear medicine techs do 
receive educational training. My question remains, isn't radiation 
exposure, regulations, protection devices and radiation saftey 
taught? If these subjects were discussed, I don't believe as many of 
them would be calling asking the questions they do. Some I've talked 
to aren't even familiar with the terms collimation, image 
intensification, and where the direct beam is and how that relates to 
scattered radiation exposure.

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