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Radiation Safety Information Page
Radiation Safety Services |
Two types of services are
available to the UAMS campus:
1.) General support
services are those activities for which Campus Operations departments receive budget
allocations. There is no charge for these services. Typical support functions from Radiation Safety include:
- Consultations with students, employees, staff members, and departments on safety issues.
- Consultation with students, employees or staff members that are working with ionizing radiation and are pregnant or anticipating a pregnancy.
- Training related to radiation safety issues (ionizing radiation and radioactive materials safety).
- Applications for Approval to Use Radioactive Materials are submitted to the Radiation Safety SubCommittee through the Radiation Safety Officer in OHS.
- Approval of purchase orders for radioactive materials by authorized users.
- Laboratory Safety Audits.
- Surveys and wipe-tests for radioactive contamination on request – doesn't include routine surveys required of the laboratories by regulatory agencies. Includes surveys of chemical fume hoods and sinks in laboratories where radioactive materials are used before repair of the hoods, sinks or drains.
- Radioactive material spill response and clean-up.
- Radioactive Waste Storage for Decay and Disposal – for items with radioactive half-lives of 120 days or less.
2.) Departmental services are rendered on special request and are chargeable
to the department for which the service is performed. Typical activities in this category
include:
- Radioactive Waste Processing and Disposal – for items with half-lives longer than 120 days, disposal costs are charged back to the generator.
- Radiation Monitoring – "film" badges and rings for monitoring of individuals exposed to ionizing radiation are billed back to the departments using those services on a monthly basis.
- Annual calibration and/or repair of Geiger counter radiation detectors (survey instruments) (repair usually done for cost of replacement parts only).
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Radiation Safety Committee |
The Radiation Safety Committee is a subcommittee of the UAMS Campus Safety Coordinating Committee.
- Max L. Baker, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Department of Radiology
Mail #573
Phone 686-6244
- Kim Wiebeck, RSO (Radiation Safety Officer)
Occupational Health and Safety
Mail #617
Phone 686-7803
- Robert McGehee, Jr. Ph.D.
- Vaneerat Ratanatharathorn, M.D., MBA
- Marvin Stricklin, M.S.H.A.
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Radiation Safety Manuals and Guides |
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Radiation Safety Forms and Applications |
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Radiation Safety Training |
- Training Videos and CD-ROM programs - available for checkout at OHS (Hospital G-154)
- Fundamentals of Radiation Safety
- Hospital Radiation Protection Practices
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Radiation Safety FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) |
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Site Established 12/26/2003.
Last Updated 10/15/2008.
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