Re: badge sensitivity topic

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Paul Lavely leaps beyond reality with his interpretation of my 
comments. I simply stated that what Les assumes, is not entirely 
correct. The majority of individuals who receive dosimetry from a 
commercial vendor use the dose reported. They do not in practice 
apply their own factors. THESE factors should already be in use 
within the site specific algorithms used by the processor. If they 
are not, then that is a problem. If Berkley applies evaluations of 
their dosimetry results, they are to be commended. My 
experience, in the commercial world, is that a majority of RSOs 
have delegated away this accountability to the processor. THIS is 
not a good practice. 

Every request I get for a technical evaluation is performed by a 
Manager of the specific program, be it TLD, film or CR39. This is 
AFTER my staff has already concluded their assessment, 
approval, and report being sent to the customer. If there is NO 
reason to change a dose after the review, this is stated, IN 
WRITING. If there is a change, that too is IN WRITING.

As far as your last comment where you quoted me,,, I am not sure 
what your point is ...

> Despite your disclaimer, since you are the Technical Director of 
> the ICN Despite your disclaimer, since you are the Technical 
> Director of the ICN Dosimetry Division, I assume that your 
> opinion that " what is reported is what is recorded" is the official 
> position that ICN has taken on this subject?

The above is again, a simple truth. The majority of facilities take 
the dose reported on the Exposure Dose Report, and use it as the 
"official dose of record." 

I guess my question to Paul is,,, why don't you accept the reported 
dose you receive from your vendor? Why aren't your factors applied 
within their algorithm, upfront (for routine use)? What factors are 
you applying and what is your criteria for changing the dose 
reported to you?

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Sandy Perle
Technical Director
ICN Dosimetry Division
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3300 Hyland Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Office: (800) 548-5100 x2306 
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sperle@icnpharm.com

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