Re: badge sensitivity topic

[LIPTONW@dteenergy.com]

If I were a plaintiff's attorney in a radiation injury lawsuit, I'd like 
nothing better than to have a dose reported by the dosimetry processor that 
was arbitrarily lowered by the licensee.  While there is the possibility
that 
external factors, such as the badge being left in a hi background area,
result 
in a reported dose not being valid, such situations should be the exception
in 
a well-managed rp program, and should be thoroughly documented.  Unless
there 
are these exceptional factors, the dosimetry processor's reported dose is
the 
best available estimate of exposure; isn't that what NVLAP's all about? 
 
The opinions expressed are strictly mine. 
It's not about dose, it's about trust. 
 
Bill Lipton 
liptonw@dteenergy.com 
 
You wrote: 
 
>Radsafe 
>Point 1.  While I rely on the film badge service to provide 
>me with their estimate of the dose recieved by the badge, I 
>also use information not available to the supplier, 
>(interviews, review of work asignments, locations, body 
>shielding, workloads,......) to estimate the dose that I 
>actually believe was received by the individual to whom the 
>badge was assigned.  
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