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