Re: Rad workers - but not t

["Mike Bohan" <mike.bohan@yale.edu>]

        Reply to:   RE>>Rad workers - but not trained

I agree with Kent, while I could provide the answers off the top of my head,
it is because I make measurements, perform calculations and read the
diagnostic literature on an ongoing basis.  

X-ray techs and NM techs do not get paid for telling patients what their doses
are...  They get paid for providing diagnostic images of the best possible
quality.   In addition, how many patients truly would understand the numbers
if they were provided?  I believe we went through this before in July of
1996... I refer you to the RADSAFE archives on the thread of "Med. Ethics".

I wonder how many "Rad. Workers" in a Nuclear Power plant could tell me what
my dose would be if I took a stroll through the containment area without
looking at their work permits for the professional HP Tech's numbers provided
to them???  ?%^)
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How many of the HP's can answer off the top of their head (i.e., if a
patient asks) what the effective dose is for a dental bitewing
radiograph?  We just learned that the skin entrance exposure is
nominally 150 mR.  Quick now before you lose credibility by hesitating.

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Kent N. Lambert, CHP
lambert@allegheny.edu

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