Some fifty participants from Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), hospitals, customs and industry have attended a national training course on basic radiation protection and regulation of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cardiology fellows-in-training reported some radiation safety protocols are not fully enforced while pregnant.

Radiation can be defined as energy traveling through space. There are two types of radiation, ionizing and non-ionizing, which are differentiated by how they interact with matter. Non-ionizing ...

This webinar will introduce the latest IAEA safety standards on the Application of the Concept of Exemption (General Safety Guide No. GSG-17) published in 2023 and promote its use in Member States.

Appropriate personnel monitoring devices such as film badges, thermoluminescent dosimeters and/or pocket dosimeters will be assigned to each person who is likely to exceed 10% of annual external ...

Building truly radiation safe healthcare rooms means addressing real world exposure risks through thoughtful design and materials selection.

The Takata Corporation sold defective air bag inflators that resulted in the death of 16 people in the United States and a massive recall of cars. While it was rare for the air bags to fail, the ...

UV radiation is invisible to the eye and it is non-ionizing form of radiation in the 100 nm to 400 nm wavelength region of the electromagnetic spectrum. UV radiation is arbitrarily divided into UV-A ...

While radiology residents score higher when it comes to understanding radiation safety, residents across all specialties still demonstrate a limited amount of radiation safety knowledge, according to ...

This policy establishes the duties and responsibilities for the Radiation Safety Program to ensure compliance with the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and Public Acts of the State of ...

At Drexel University radiation and radioactive materials may be used for education, scientific research, medical diagnosis and medical therapy. Because radiation can affect health and safety when used ...