PPT-Radiation Safety

An interventional cardiac xray system has been installed into a newly built room Discuss what you might include as part of a critical examination of the facility and the equipment and why and who you need to interact with. Directed Readings . In the Classroom. May/June 2013 issue . of . Radiologic . Technology. Instructions:. This presentation provides a framework for educators and students to use Directed Reading content published in . Radiation Safety/Protection. Medical diagnostic x-rays contribute more to the exposure of the population than do all other man-made sources of radiation. As an occupational radiation worker, you may be exposed to more radiation that the general public.. Nazi Homayounnasab. Expert of radio monitoring. Scope. Mobile phone use all around the world has risen dramatically over the last 20 . years. P. eople . increasingly rely on mobile phones as their sole or primary means of telephone . USERS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL . Radiation Safety Office. Environmental Health and Safety Division. Course Content. Radiation Safety. Radiation Dose Limits and Dosimetry . Postings for Laboratories Using Radioactive . transmitted. absorbed. reflected. 1. transmission. Radiation passes through atmosphere unimpeded.. Shortwave and longwave “windows” . 2. absorption. Energy is transferred to absorber; absorber emits energy. What type of radiation is most harmful It depends on whether your exposure to radiation is internal or external beta particles Radioactive materials thatRadiation can affect the bodyThese adverse hea What are they? . exposure … contamination. Are they the same?. Radioactivity. Spontaneous emission of radiation from the nucleus of an unstable isotope. Disintegration Decay. Demonstrate Decontamination. . Objectives. . Regulations. Basic Dosimetry. Radiation Effects. Factors . that affect patient and staff radiation dose. How . to reduce radiation dose to patients and staff. Learn . about magnification, filtration, collimation and pulse . Overview of Issue:. Exposure types . Short-term high-dose. Long-term low-dose. Invisible, odorless colorless; most exposures undetectable. Lab users must understand radiation safety issues and pass an exam to use lab. Laboratory. . work. Mats Isaksson, prof.. Department. . of. . radiation. . physics. , GU. mats.isaksson@radfys.gu.se. Fundamental . principles. (ICRP). Justification. Optimisation. Application. of . Magnetic field safety. UCSB EH&S Radiation Safety Office. scope. This . training . applies to all users of devices and equipment designed to generate magnetic fields, both static and time varying. . license to perform radiation activities . Ivica T. . Vujcic. Slobodan B. . Masic. Department for Radiation Chemistry and Physics . Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences. Belgrade, Serbia. (. ivica@vinca.rs. . Radiation is the emission of energy in the form of waves or particles. Radiation that is so powerful that it can remove electrons from atoms is called ionizing.. Examples of types of ionizing radiation are x-rays from medical machines and gamma rays from radioactive substances. . •. Radiation biology . is the study of the action of ionizing radiation on living organisms . •The action is very complex, involving physics, chemistry, and biology . –Different types of ionizing radiation .