Question

It is a legal requirement:

a. To report incidences when the wrong patient is given a medical exposure

b. To carry out quality assurance measurements on diagnostic X-ray equipment

c. To carry out representative patient dosimetry measurements

d. To stop working with ionizing radiation if you have received a dose over the dose limit

e. For employees to report suspected incidents involving radiation

Answer 1

a. True.

b. True.

c. True.

d. False. Regulation 26: the employer must ensure that employees do not, during the remainder of the calendar year, receive a dose greater than the proportion of any dose limit that is equal to the fraction of the remaining dose limit **.

e. True. Employees should inform either the radiation protection supervisor (RPS) or their employer regarding these incidents.