February 2001 Operational Radiation Safety
On the cover: Monitoring of hospital trash for radioactivity can prevent many problems. See article by Erdman et al. on page S13 for more information. |
Contents of Vol. 80, No. 2, February 2001
EDITORIAL
We Reap Only What We Sow — Kenneth L. Miller
CURRENT EVENTS
Sean M. Austin
ASK THE EXPERT
Kelly Classic
A GUIDE TO SI UNITS IN RADIATION PROTECTION
ARTICLES—OPERATIONAL TOPICS
Dose Rate Outside Primary Barriers — Patton H. McGinley
Contaminating Incident Investigation in Medicine and Biomedical Research — Kenneth L. Miller, Michael C. Erdman and Steven H. King
A Radiation Safety Infraction Notification Form — Kenneth L. Miller, Steven H. King, Michael C. Erdman and Bryan A. Achey
Experience with a Medical Waste Portal Monitoring System — Michael C. Erdman, Kenneth L. Miller and Bryan A. Achey
Using Fault Tree Analysis to Identify Causes of Non-compliance: Enhancing Violation Outcome Data for the Purposes of Education and Prevention — Robert J. Emery, M. A. Charlton, A. B. Orders and M. Hernandez
Minimum Detectable Activity in Gamma-ray Spectrometry - Statistical Properties and Limits of Applicability — Yoram Nir-El
Measurements in Radioactivity Should NOT be Recorded as Less Than MDA — William E. Potter
Some Health Physics Aspects of Working with 203Hg in University Research — Mitch Belanger, A. Westin and D.W. Barfuss
Results of a Division of Radiation Protection Scrap Yard Exercise — Johnny James
AUTHOR PROFILE
Robert J. Emery
ADVERTISER PROFILE
Environmental Management and Controls, Inc.
SOFTWARE REVIEW
Review of Electronic Library for Radiation Protection — Howard Dickson