Applying Radiation Safety Standards in Radiotherapy

Applying Radiation Safety Standards in Radiotherapy
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher: IAEA
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Jointly sponsored by the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Labour Office, International Organization for Medical Physics, Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization

Applying Radiation Safety Standards in Radiotherapy. Safety Reports Series

Applying Radiation Safety Standards in Radiotherapy. Safety Reports Series
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006
Genre:
ISBN:

The International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (BSS), jointly sponsored, inter alia, by the IAEA, ILO, WHO and PAHO, establish requirements on the legal persons responsible for designing, running and decommissioning practices involving ionizing radiation. These requirements are basic and general in nature. This report is intended to be of assistance to both regulators and users of radiation sources in radiotherapy in applying the BSS to this practice. Regulators will find it useful for reviewing applications for author.

Applying Radiation Safety Standards in Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Procedures Using X Rays

Applying Radiation Safety Standards in Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Procedures Using X Rays
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher: IAEA
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (BSS), jointly sponsored, inter alia, by the IAEA, ILO, WHO and PAHO, establish requirements on the legal persons responsible for designing, running and decommissioning practices involving ionizing radiation. These requirements are basic and general in nature. This report is intended to be of assistance to both regulators and users of radiation sources in diagnostic radiology and interventional procedures using X rays in applying the BSS to this practice. Regulators will find it useful for reviewing applications for authorization and for the inspection of the practice. Users of radiation in radiology may follow the guidance provided in order to comply with BSS requirements or equivalent national requirements. Experts recruited on IAEA missions to advise on the implementation of the BSS for the practice of diagnostic radiology and interventional procedures using X rays are expected to use this regulatory guidance report rather than their own national regulations and guidance. --Publisher's description.

Applying Radiation Safety Standards in Nuclear Medicine

Applying Radiation Safety Standards in Nuclear Medicine
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This report is intended to be of assistance to both regulators and users of radiation sources in nuclear medicine applying the International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (BSS). Regulators will find it useful for reviewing applications for authorization and for inspection. Users of radiation in nuclear medicine may follow the guidance provided in order to comply with the BSS requirements or the equivalent national requirements.

Lessons Learned from Accidental Exposures in Radiotherapy

Lessons Learned from Accidental Exposures in Radiotherapy
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2000
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

This Safety Report is a review of a large number of events that may serve as a checklist against which to test the vulnerability of a facility to potential accidents, and to provide a basis for improving safety in the use of radiation in medical applications. Furthermore, it is intended to encourage the development of a questioning and learning attitude, the adoption of measures for the prevention of accidents, and the preparation for mitigation of the consequences of accidents, if they occur.

Attribution of Radiation Health Effects and Inference of Radiation Risks: Considerations for Application of the IAEA Safety Standards

Attribution of Radiation Health Effects and Inference of Radiation Risks: Considerations for Application of the IAEA Safety Standards
Author: IAEA
Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency
Total Pages: 63
Release: 2023-10-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9201344236

This Safety Report explains how the concepts of attribution of health effects and inference of risks can be taken into account in the application of IAEA safety standards, so as to implement them more effectively. In particular, this publication demonstrates explicitly what the relevant provisions of the safety standards are for high and moderate levels of exposure where health effects might be able to be attributed to the exposure, and for low and very low levels of exposure where risks can only be inferred. This Safety Report also aims to support more effective communication by clarifying the proper use of certain concepts detailed in the safety standards and plain language explanations of the concepts of attribution of effects and inference of risk are provided.

Applying Radiation Safety Standards in Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Procedures Using X Ray. Safety Reports Series

Applying Radiation Safety Standards in Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Procedures Using X Ray. Safety Reports Series
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2006
Genre:
ISBN:

The International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (BSS), jointly sponsored, inter alia, by the IAEA, ILO, WHO and PAHO, establish requirements on the legal persons responsible for designing, running and decommissioning practices involving ionizing radiation. These requirements are basic and general in nature. This report is intended to be of assistance to both regulators and users of radiation sources in diagnostic radiology and interventional procedures using X rays in applying the BSS to this practice. Regulators will f.

Radiological Protection for Medical Exposure to Ionizing Radiation

Radiological Protection for Medical Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2002
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Provides recommendations on how safety requirements may be fulfilled for the protection of patients, comforters and visitors of patients against exposure to ionizing radiation in medical practice in compliance with Appendix II (Medical Exposure) of Safety Series No. 115 (1996).

Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources

Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation Sources
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9789201353108

This publication is the new edition of the International Basic Safety Standards. The edition is co-sponsored by seven other international organizations European Commission (EC/Euratom), FAO, ILO, OECD/NEA, PAHO, UNEP and WHO. It replaces the interim edition that was published in November 2011 and the previous edition of the International Basic Safety Standards which was published in 1996. It has been extensively revised and updated to take account of the latest finding of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, and the latest recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. The publication details the requirements for the protection of people and the environment from harmful effects of ionizing radiation and for the safety of radiation sources. All circumstances of radiation exposure are considered.