Hazards & Controls
Radiation Safety
Medical Radiation

A compendium of dose estimates for many radiopharmaceuticals for adults

Includes radiopharmaceutical compounds often used in nuclear medicine

Informative articles and answers to important radiation and dosimetry questions

Explains nuclear medicine to the lay person

Medical device and radiation emitting product information from the FDA

Guidance on FDA requirements such as x-rays, medical lasers, ultrasounds and more

Assessment and Treatment of the Contaminated Patient

Training presentations in MS PowerPoint as well as medical radiation fact sheets

Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation

Position Papers of the Health Physics Society

16 chapter textbook

FDA policy guidance for mammography facilities

Hospital Emergency Care of the Radiation Accident Patient

Radiation-associated injuries pose many challenges to medical management

In use at a major university - radiation protection, radiation safety training, laboratory design guide

Full text of a patient & employee radiation safety program in use by a university's medical center

Manual to aid medical personnel in managing patients who have been internally contaminated with radionuclides

2008 UNSCEAR report on medical exposure to ionizing radiation

Exposure Limits for Ionizing Radiation

Medical treatment of radiation sickness

Text of the FDA's national quality standards for mammography services

Accreditation, certification, etc regarding the FDA Mammography Program

About the implementation of the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (MQSA)

Discussion of what one hospital did to improve safety in the MRI room

Health experts have developed a list of safety questions

Photos of things that have flown into a scanner

Automatic scanning technology may help screen ferromagnetic objects, but common sense has no substitute

Technical manual covers all equipment that use radiation - dental, CT, MRI, ultrasound, etc.

A technical manual on radiation management in the medical setting

Regulations, guidance, inspection procedures, license types, fees and forms

Regulations, guidance, inspection procedures, license types, fees and forms

Series of NRC regulatory guides related to occupational radiation exposure regulations

Patient dose values from CDRH

A compendium of dose estimates for many radiopharmaceuticals for children

For medical personnel audience

For medical personnel audience

Guidance to those responding both at the scene of an accident (prehospital) & at the hospital

Recommendations for medical examination of persons exposed to irradiation

References for radiologists, radiation oncologists and medical physicists

Information on dose assessment models and methods

Guidance on diagnosis and treatment, decontamination procedures, etc. for health care providers

Radiation safety information for patients

Radiation protection program to protect medical personnel from ionizing radiation

Addresses questions of critical importance to public health and safety

Example of a handbook for laboratory radiation safety

Radiation therapy patient safety precautions

Fact sheet for patients regarding the risks associated with any radiation exposure

Full text of the 145 page manual is provided

How much radiation is used in medical studies, etc