Radiation Protection In Veterinary Medicine - Recommended Safety Procedures For Installation And Use Of Veterinary X-ray Equipment - Safety Code 28

1991
ISBN: 0-660-13684-8
Cat. No.: H46-2/91-151E

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Table of Contents

• Explanatory Notes
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Principal Aims and Scope of the Code
  • 2.1 Principal Aims
  • 2.2 Scope
• 3. Responsibility and Personnel
  • 3.1 Responsibility
  • 3.2 Responsible User
  • 3.3 X-Ray Equipment Operators
  • 3.4 Students or Operators-in-Training
• 4. Building and Installation Requirements
  • 4.1 Design Criteria
  • 4.2 General Recommendations
• 5. Radiation Protection Surveys
  • 5 .1 General Procedures
  • 5 .2 Survey Report
• 6. Equipment Specifications
  • 6.1 X-Ray Equipment
  • 6.2 Protective Clothing
  • 6.3 Darkroom and Film Processing
• 7. Procedures to Reduce Dose to X-Ray Personnel
  • 7.1 General Recommendations
• Appendix I: Permissible Dose Equivalent Limits of X-Radiation to Operators and Other Occupationally Exposed Personnel
• Appendix II: Shielding Guides for Veterinary X-Ray Facilities
• Appendix III: Shielding Guides for Storage of Radiographic Film
• Appendix IV: Agencies Responsible for Radiation Safety of Veterinary X-Ray Facilities
• Appendix V: Radiation Measurement Units - International (SI) System
• Bibliography

List of Tables

• Table 1 Primary Protective Barrier Requirements for 17.5 µGy (2 mR) per Week (Uncontrolled Area)
• Table 2 Secondary Protection Barrier Requirements for 17.5 µGy (2 mR) per Weeks (Uncontrolled Area)
• Table 3 Commercial Lead Sheets
• Table 4 Approximate Concrete Equivalence of Common Construction Materials