Re[2]: Dosimetry Vendors

[julie_f_shafer@email.fpl.com]

     Someone said:  (no name came across with the message I got)
     
     
     
     >Subject: RE: Dosimetry Vendors
     >Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at Internet-Mail
     >Date:    7/22/97 11:20 AM
     
     
     >spoken like a true salesman (excuse me salesperson).
     
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     Due to the above un-professional response, I will post my personal 
     reply that I sent to the initiator of this request about ICN.  
     
     Sandy has been my friend and colleague for a long time, and has my
     utmost respect..............
       
     
     
     Hi,
     
     I have very little experience with ICN.  We used their finger rings 
     for a few years before we started processing them in-house.  We now 
     process all of our dosimetry in-house.
     
     I am writing to you because I know Sandy Perle personally, and he is 
     the manager of the dosimetry division of ICN.  Sandy was my first boss 
     almost 20 years ago.  He left FPL last year after another 
     reorganization to take over ICN's dosimetry division.  
     
     Sandy set up the dosimetry program here and I feel he knows exactly 
     what the customer needs and is very customer oriented.  FPL has two 
     nuclear stations with a badging population of about 5000 or more 
     personnel per year.  Sandy is also a NVLAP evaluator - who travels to 
     other dosimetry processors and evaluates their programs against the 
     NVLAP standards.  (Although I don't know if he continues to do so, now 
     that he is working in his current capacity).  So you wouldn't be 
     dealing with someone who is out of touch with what you want and need. 
     He is someone who has actually done this work with his own hands, and 
     knows the business full circle.  Sandy is a fine person and I think 
     the quality of service you would get from him would only be the best 
     there is to get.  
     
     He contributes regularly to RADSAFE, so you will probably hear from 
     him personally.
     
     
     Anyways, I thought I would send you a note to give you some insight 
     that you may not otherwise receive..
     
     Feel free to contact me if you have any further questions....
     
     
     
     Julie Shafer
     Dosimetry Supervisor
     Florida Power & Light
     Turkey Point Nuclear Station
     305-246-6117
     
     


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Subject: RE: Dosimetry Vendors
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at Internet-Mail
Date:    7/22/97 11:20 AM


spoken like a true salesman (excuse me salesperson).
     
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From:  Sandy Perle[SMTP:sandyfl@ix.netcom.com] 
Sent:  Tuesday, July 22, 1997 11:52 AM
To:  Multiple recipients of list
Subject:  Re: Dosimetry Vendors
     
Sorry, I can't let this reply go unanswered. What Janice refers to is 
a time RIGHT after the acquisition of the Siemens Dosimetry Service. 
The delays were caused by many reasons, some not under our control, 
some were. This occurred back in November 1996 thru March 1997. We are 
NOT experiencing any delays since that time. Another important factor 
that has been lost in this, is, that we also had the ICN side of the 
house, which experienced NO delays. We now offer multiple types of 
dosimeters, to meet any customer need.
     
Time to let the PAST go .. and address what is the current situation. 
That is only fair, when an issue of this type is addressed in a 
public forum, such as Radsafe.
     
Regards,
     
> I have used ICN in the past and was very disappointed with their service.
> Their exposure reports were always several months late.  The reports record 
> the date the badges were received by their office and the date the badges
> were read.  There were sometimes a two month gap between the dates.  I hate 
> to go with a cliche, but you get what you pay for.
> 
> 
> At 07:45 AM 7/22/97 -0500, you wrote: 
> >Hello Radsafers -
> >
> >I was wondering if any of you have had any experience with ICN 
> >dosimetry service and could comment about their products, customer 
> >service, pricing etc.   We are currently using Landauer, but ICN's 
> >pricing could provide us with substantial savings.
> >
> >Thanks for your input.
> >
> >Ron Amoling
> >Radiation Safety Officer
> >Joslin Diabetes Center
> >amolingr@joslab.harvard.edu
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
     
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Sandy Perle
Technical Director
ICN Dosimetry Division
3300 Hyland Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(800) 548-5100 x2306
(714) 668-3149 Fax
     
mailto:sandyfl@ix.netcom.com
mailto:sperle@icnpharm.com