Re: Safety Committee

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

The RSO should be an ex officio member of the Hospital Safety Committee.

chris alston
alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu
I do not speak here for my employer.


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>Dear Laura,
>
>At 01:57 P 4.2.98 PST, you wrote:
>>What is the concensus about the RSO holding permanent membership on the
>>hospital Safety Committee?  Are there references you could share?
>
>
>I think it is essential to maintain a formal link between the Radiation
>Safety Committee and the Occ Health & Safety Committee.  That may or may
>not mean that the RSO is on the Occ Health & Safety Committee.
>
>In Sydney the situation varies from hospital to hospital.  At St. George
>Hospital the Occ Health & Safety Officer is a member of the Radiation
>Safety Committee and maintains the link between the 2 committees. At other
>hospitals the RSO is on both committees.
>
>Regards
>
>
>Richard Smart PhD
>Department of Nuclear Medicine
>St. George Hospital
>Kogarah, NSW 2217
>Australia
>Tel:61 2 9350 3112
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