Re: laboratory surveys and inspections

["tom_dixie" <tom_dixie@email.msn.com>]

Andy,

You hit it right on the head.
This has been proven over and over.

Tom O'Dou.
tom_dixie@msn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Mattox <amattox@mbl.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: laboratory surveys and inspections


>
>>The University of Rochester Radiation Safety Office is currently
performing
>>monthly surveys of all posted laboratories.  I am trying to turn the
>>majority of this responsibility over to the researchers so that we can
>>start performing less frequent but more thorough inspections.
>
>IMHO you're heading in the wrong direction. I feel strongly that all
>required surveys other than daily work area checks should be done by RSO
>personnel.
>
>Placing burden back on researchers reduces the level of service provided by
>your office (and the perception that you are a service provider as well as
>a regulator).
>
>You will also find that it will take almost as much effort to ensure that
>researchers are conducting surveys in a timely manner as it would to
>conduct them yourself.
>
>Since your survey frequency is defined in your license, you increase
>potential for problems during inspections.
>
>You reduce the frequency of visits by your personnel and your visibility.
>Our visits frequently trigger questions from lab personnel which they
>otherwise wouldn't raise and informal discussions with a strong educational
>component.
>
>amattox@mbl.edu
>
>Andrew Mattox, CSP
>Environmental Health and Safety Manager
>Marine Biological Laboratory
>7 MBL street
>Woods Hole, Ma 02543
>amattox@mbl.edu
>508-289-7424
>
>
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