Codes of Practice

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Ionising Radiation

• Guidelines regarding organisational requirements for licence holders and responsible persons in respect of medical applications
• Standardized methods for measuring Diagnostic X-Ray exposures
• Patient dose measurements in Diagnostic Radiology
• Dental Radiography
• Guidelines for personal monitoring when a lead rubber apron is worn - medical and veterinary use of diagnostic x-ray equipment
• Code of practice for industrial radiography - X-ray radiography
• General guidelines with regard to the design of x-ray rooms
• FDA Public Health Notification: Reducing Radiation Risk from Computed Tomography for Pediatric and Small Adult Patients - 2 November 2001
• Policy: Disposal of X-ray units with tubes containing beryllium
• Policy: Radiographic grid ratio
• Policy: Radiation protection of nursing staff in the Cath Lab
• Policy: Occupational exposure of women of reproductive capacity with special reference to pregnant radiographers
• Policy: Bone densitometer - Shielding, Qualifications and Monitoring of Operators.^1,2
• Policy: Request for medical X-ray examination
• Radiation warning signs
• Protective clothing
• Monitoring of radiation workers in a theatre
• Minimum requirements for fixed diagnostic X-ray installations
• Mini C-arm fluoroscopy systems

Non-Ionising Radiation

• SBLAS-1 - Requirements for the safe use of laser products
• SBLAS-2 - Requirements for the safe use of lasers for demonstration purposes
• SBSUN-1 - Requirements for sunbeds
• SBSUN-2 - Guidelines for the safe use of sunbeds

Radionuclides

• Gauge - Standards for the safe use of industrial gauges containing radioactive sources - Part 1 and Part 2
• Internal rules - Minimum requirements
• Regulations relating to radioactive material
• Leaktests
• IRCP91-1 - Code of Practice for Industrial Radiography (Gamma Radiography)
• WSCP91-1 - Code of Practice for the Management and Disposal of Non-Nuclear Radioactive Waste
• Dlug91-1 - Ionising radiation dose limits and annual limits on intake of radioactive material
• Unseal - Requirements for the Safe Use of Unsealed Radioactive Nuclides
• Soil Moist - Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Soil Moisture and Density Gauges Containing Radioactive Sources
• Image - Requirements and test conditions for radionuclide imaging devices
• Fire - Protective measures to take in the event of an accident involving radioactivity
• Trug91-1 - Guidelines for the Safe transport of radioactive material
• Rpo-duty - Organizational requirements for radiation protection officers
• Hazardous Substances Act