Fundamentals
This most overused Acronym in the Radiation Safety Field contains the elements Time, Distance and Shielding.
What is ALARA
This is the annual dose limit to Siemens employees
This is a required document if a dosimeter is lost or has a reading > 100 mRem
What is a dose (ALARA) Investigation
This letter allows the use of an expired license during the renewal process
What is a Timely Renewal Letter
This person is responsible for the FDA 2579 Program and is also known as the Collimator CZAR
Sandi Christianson
In this process an electron is stripped away from its host Atom creating charged particles.
What is ionization.
We will call this person if your dosimeter is not read and you fail to respond to any type of communication during a dosimetry read cycle
Your Mom
For any emergency with a customer radioactive source, this person should be contacted first!
The customer (NMT or RSO or Both)
This document identifies what our Authorize Users can and cannot do in regards to licensed material use.
BONUS: Customers can find a copy of it in this application?
What is the Memorandum of Understanding.
Bonus: What is Teamplay Fleet
The CSE must submit a 2579 within
What is 4 days
What is the inverse square law.
This State not only has the most Rude CSEs but also has overbearing and duplacative state regulations for XRay Service Providers
What is Texas
You are replacing a certified component on a system but your eVO does not prompt you to submit a 2579. What should you do?
Contact any member of the Rad Safety Team
State and Federal Inspection Agencies will treat this noncompliance with a higher level of enforcement.
Wilful Violations
This certified component information only belongs in section 4a-f
What is Master Control Data
This curve shows that no amount of exposure to ionizing radiation is safe and is abused by regulatory agencies to justify their existance and an abundance of regulatory requirements.
What is the Linear Non-Threshold Curve
These are the bane of Andrew's existence for ALARA investigations.
What are the new TSA scanners?
BTW they only have a 5% success rate in stopping contraband during the last publicized penetration test by Homeland Security.
These have some issues, but are still better than swapping out 1500 of them each quarter.
What are Instadose+ dosimeters
SOPs are not readily identified on a Radioactive Material License but their requirements are incorporated by this.
What is a tie-down condition.
This 2579 must be submitted even if moving rooms across the hall at same location or returned from storage in the same room.
What is a Relocation/Reassembly 2579.
Used in xray rooms to block direct beam and scattered xray emmissions.
What is primary and secondary shielding
What you should do if you swear on the holy scripture (or unholy scripture) of your choice that you read, but Andrew keeps bugging you?
This number of states that require a CSE to be registered before they can perform Most X-ray Services.
What is 14
This document details the "suggested" training requirements for Authorized Users and is a condition of all SMS Radioactive Material Licenses.
This certified component when replaced on a Fluoroscopic Unit is commonly missed when submitting a 2579
What is a DAP/Fluoroscopic Air Kerma Display Device