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Radiation Protection / Radiobiology 2 Flashcards

1
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Working habits and conditions of personnel can be assessed over a designated period of time. 3 examples =

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Monthly
Quarterly
Yearly

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2
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What 3 work areas typically have higher readings?

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Fluoro
Portables
Interventionals

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3
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Wear a monitor at collar to monitor ____ and ____

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Thyroid

Eye dose

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If 2 devices are worn, “hot” = _____ …. And “cold” = _____

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Hot = on collar
Cold = at waist under apron
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5
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Wear device at ______ to monitor thyroid and eye dose

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Collar

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6
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True or false: Pregnant workers do not have to “declare” pregnancy to get an additional badge

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False. They HAVE to declare pregnancy first then they will receive a second badge

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______ or ______ badges should be worn if hands are frequently near primary beam

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TLD

Finger

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8
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Nuclear Medicine Technologists should wear _____ or finger badges

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TLD

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9
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True or false: HC facilities / education programs must maintain exposure records

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True

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10
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Personnel monitors must be _____, _____, and _____.

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Portable
Durable
Cost-efficient

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11
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Permanent record and can be re-read

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Film badges

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12
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Come with a “control badge” for non-radiation area

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Film badge

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13
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Newest, similar to film badge

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Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dosimeters (OSL)

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14
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Uses Aluminum Oxide crystals that are stimulated by a laser to give off light that is read only once

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Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dosimeter (OSL)

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15
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Looks like a pocket flashlight, can be read only once, not used much

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Pocket Ionization chambers

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16
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Self-reading Pocket Ionization chambers are for instant ___________.

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Dose reading

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17
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Non self-reading Pocket Ionization chambers require a …

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Reading device

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18
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Uses Lithium Fluoride crystals that give off light when heated, read only once, responds most like human tissue

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Thermoluminescent Dosimeter (TLD)

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19
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_________ and/or ________ reviews reports and councils employees if necessary

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Radiation Safety Officer (RSO)

Health Physicist

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20
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Area monitoring done with radiation survey instruments must be _____ and _________

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Durable

Easy to carry

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21
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Tube which indicates presence/absence of radiation

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Geiger-Muller Tuber (GM Tube)

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22
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Gas filled survey instrument

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Cutie Pie

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23
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RSO

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Radiation Safety Officer

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24
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Erythema

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Skin reddening

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25
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Epilation / alopecia

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Hair loss

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26
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The higher the dose, the _____ the latent period

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Shorter

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27
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Latent Period

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Symptom-free period

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28
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Hematopoietic Syndrome

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1-10 Gy (100-1,000 Rads)

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29
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Probable death within 6-8 weeks due to decrease in number of RBC, WBC, destroyed immune system

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Hematopoietic Syndrome

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30
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GI syndrome

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10-50 Gy (1,000-5,000 Rads)

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31
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Certain death within 3-10 days due to excessive diarrhea, vomiting, etc

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GI Syndrome

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32
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CNS Syndrome

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50+ Gy (5,000+ Rads)

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33
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Certain death within minutes to hours due to excessive cranial fluid

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CNS Syndrome

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34
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Divisions of Acute Radiation Syndrome (3)

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Hematopoietic
GI
CNS

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35
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Response stages of ARS (4)

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Prodromal / initial stage
Latent period
Manifest illness
Recovery or death

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36
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Within hours&raquo_space; nausea, vomiting

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Prodromal or Initial Stage

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37
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About 1 week after Prodromal&raquo_space; NO symptoms

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Latent period

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38
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Full signs/symptoms appear

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Manifest illness

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39
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In approx. 3 months from Prodromal Stage

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Recovery or death

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40
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LD 50/30

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Lethal dose that can kill 50% of the exposed population within 30 days

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41
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LD 50/30 range

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3-4 Gy (300-400 Rads)

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42
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Rays of 10-20 kVp used to treat acne and ringworm

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Grenz

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43
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German word for “boundary”

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Grenz

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44
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Tabletop dose for routine fluoro cannot exceed

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10 R/min

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45
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High-Level Control Fluoro (HLCF) cannot exceed

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20 R/min

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46
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Temporary sterility may occur at gonadal dose of

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2 Gy (200 Rads)

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47
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Permanent sterility may occur at gonadal dose of

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5-6 Gy (500-600 Rads)

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48
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Whole body dose as low as _____ may cause a ,easer able hematologist depression

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0.25 Gy (25 Rads)

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49
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Most radiosensitive cells in body

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Lymphocytes

50
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Least radioresitant cells in body

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Lymphocytes

51
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Least radioactive cells in body

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Adult nerve cells

52
Q

Most radioresitant cells in body

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Adult nerve cells

53
Q

Photomicrograph showing chromosomal “map”

54
Q

Cells are MOST radiosensitive during

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Metaphase (“M”)

55
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Indirect effect damage occurs ___ of the time (due to radiolysis of water)

56
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Direct effect damage occurs ___ of the time

57
Q

Dose-response relationship curves

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Linear
Non-linear
Threshold
Non-threshold

58
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_______ and _______ are plotted on linear, non-threshold curves (“no safe limit”)

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Diagnostic

Leukemia

59
Q

______ effects occur in the exposed individual

A

Somatic effects

60
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________ effects are late somatic effects that can be directly related to the dose received

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Deterministic

61
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_______ effects are NOT likely to occur from diagnostic imaging procedures

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Deterministic

62
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Late somatic effects that do not have a threshold, occur in an arbitrary manner

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Probabilistic

63
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Late somatic effects have a severity that does not have a threshold

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Probabilistic

64
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Late somatic effects that occur in an arbitrary manner (no rhyme or reason)

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Probabilistic

65
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Late somatic effects at have a severity that does not depend on dose

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Probabilistic

66
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Late somatic effects that can occur after high or possibly low level exposures

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Probabilistic

67
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Extrapolation

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Estimating the dose

68
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Used by radiologists to establish dose-response curve for diagnostic exposures

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Extrapolation

69
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______ is the MOST important late stochastic somatic effect caused by exposure to ionizing radiation

70
Q

Mostly young women who suffered from bone cancer (radium chemically similar to calcium)

A

Radium watch dial painters

71
Q

Early Uranium miners suffered from high incidences of ______ cancer

72
Q

Infants treated for am enlarged thymus gland layer suffered from _____ cancer

73
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Known places exposed to high levels of radiation include:

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan 1945)

Chernobyl (Soviet Union 1986)

74
Q

Genetic effects occur in

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Offspring of exposed individual

75
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2 examples of Genetic effects

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Down’s Syndrome

Microcephaly

76
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If both parents possess the point mutation it is called:

77
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If only one parents possess the point mutation it is called

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Recessive (probably won’t be seen for several generations)

78
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NCRP Report #___ and Publication #___ of ICRP are resources for EfD Limiting System

79
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Radiation Hormesis

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Hypothesis that a small amount of radiation is safe

80
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Group that implements US Radiation Protection Policies

81
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Group that controls manufacture and use of radioactive substances

82
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Group that regulates design/manufacture of products used in radiation industry

83
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States that have agreements with NRC to enforce radiation regulations through their health departments

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Agreement States

84
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Both state and NRC enforce regulations

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Non-Agreement States

85
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Oversees daily operation and develops safety programs

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Radiation Safety Officer

86
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Act passed to protect public from hazards of unnecessary radiation exposure from electronic products (TVs, microwaves, etc.)

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1968 Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act

87
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Act that requires establishment of minimal standards for accreditation of education programs

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Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act of 1981

88
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Biological somatic effects that exhibit a threshold dose below which the effect does not normally occur

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Nonstochastic effects

89
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Biologic somatic effects above which severity of damage increases as dose increases

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Nonstochastic

90
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Nonthreshold, randomly occurring somatic changes in which chance of occurrence of effect rather than severity of effect is proportional to dose

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Stochastic effects

91
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Annual EfD for occupational exposure

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50 mSv (5 Rem)

92
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Cumulative EfD

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Age in years x 10 mSv (1 Rem)

93
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Annual dose limit for lens of eye

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150 mSv (15 Rem)

94
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Annual dose limit for skin, hands, feet

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500 mSv (50 Rem)

95
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Annual EfD for general public infrequent exposure

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5 mSv (0.5 Rem)

96
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Dose for 17 year old student

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1 mSv (0.1 Rem)

97
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Fetal dose for gestational period

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5 mSv (0.5 Rem)

98
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Fetal dose monthly not to exceed

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5 mSv (0.05 Rem)

99
Q

Leakage radiation cannot exceed

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100 mR/hr. At 1 meter

100
Q

Control panel of fixed unit must be… (3)

A

Behind protective barrier
Allow you to see patient
Indicate when tube is energized and exposure is made

101
Q

Tabletop must be as ________ as possible

A

Radiolucent

102
Q

Equipment must have an _____ indicator

103
Q

True or false: Must have beam limiting confine useful beam

104
Q

Beam Limiting device must have SSD of ___.

105
Q

Collimator alignment must be within _____ of SID

106
Q

If beam operates at 70 kV or above, must have at least ____mm. Al filtration to decrease patient skin dose

107
Q

_____ added + _____ inherent

108
Q

Used for screen-film combinations

A

Spectral matching

109
Q

Used to improve quality of image but increase patient dose

110
Q

Grids are used more frequently in ____ due to scatter sensitivity

111
Q

Use a ____ SSD for portables

A

12” (30 cm)

112
Q

____ make up the matrix in DR

113
Q

Be aware of proper technique by checking “S” number to avoid ________

A

Overexposure (“Dose Creep”)

114
Q

______ produces greatest diagnostic dose

115
Q

To reduce fluoro patient dose you should…. (4)

A

Minimize fluoro time
Use intermittent fluoro
Collimate
Use correct techniques

116
Q

SSD for fixed fluoro

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15” (38 cm.)

117
Q

SSD for C-arm

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12” (30 cm.)

118
Q

Type of fluoro that results in highest fluoro dose so use intermittent and “last image hold”

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Cinefluorography

119
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Type of fluoro used for interventionals so monitor and document fluoro time

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HLCF (High-Level-Control Fluoro)

120
Q

Personnel monitoring is required whenever workers are likely to risk receiving ___% or more of annual occupational EfD limit of 50 mSv (5 Rem) / year

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