SEC3URE Radiation Safety Program for Healthcare Facilities
We all play a role in reducing radiation exposure. For healthcare, an occupationally exposed worker in any environment at a facility where equipment is static, portable (such as a C-arm), or working around radiation producing material (Nuclear Medicine), is required to follow the facility guidelines for radiation safety. It is important for any person that has the potential of receiving work-related occupational exposure to be monitored. Through IntelliCentrics SEC3URE Passport, supplier vendor reps are an integral part to closing this often overlooked healthcare facility safety gap.
Since supplier vendor representatives and other occupational visitors serve multiple facilities, they are often overlooked in healthcare radiation safety programs. This inadvertent safety gap leaves healthcare facilities, vendor reps, and vendor companies at risk. The IntelliCentrics SEC3URE Radiation Safety Program closes this critical safety gap with training and automated dosimeter monitoring so you remain up-to-date and informed with quarterly occupational exposure levels. This 3 minute video introduces facility administrators and healthcare industry reps to the SEC3URE Radiation Safety Program.
We are surrounded by radiation in our daily lives. Radiation monitoring should be considered for those who work in occupations where risks may be prevalent due to exposures from X-ray equipment or in labs where radiation producing equipment or material are utilized and, of course, nuclear power plants.
For healthcare, any individual that is an occupationally exposed worker in any environment at a facility where equipment is static, portable (such as a C-arm), or working around radiation producing material (Nuclear Medicine), is required to follow the facility guidelines for radiation safety.
Medical facility administrators and Radiation Safety Officers determine who will be monitored for occupational exposure. Even in environments where exposure risks may be minimal, it is still good policy to take the proper precautions to monitor exposure over time. It is important for any person that has the potential of receiving work-related occupational exposure to be monitored. Monitoring allows the tracking of individual dosage to determine the risks from any exposure received over time.
The Radiation Exposure Credential requires supplier vendor reps to be monitored for radiation exposure so they may access your facility. The Radiation Safety Training Credential requires supplier vendor reps to successfully complete the online training course, "Radiation Safety." You may make these required for all supplier vendor reps entering your facilities or by specific supplier vendor rep category where their access is limited to only those environments where radiation is present. Supplier vendor reps may then purchase radiation exposure monitoring through their IntelliCentrics SEC3URE subscriptions.
First, your facility marks the Radiation Exposure Credential as required. Next, supplier vendor reps will answer the Scope of Service questions that they are potentially exposed to ionizing radiation in the course of doing their jobs. Then, supplier vendor reps purchase the SEC3URE Radiation Exposure Package as a part of their subscriptions. They will be shipped both wear and control dosimeters quarterly. At the end of the quarter, they ship both dosimeters back to IntelliCentrics, the dosimeters are analyzed for potential radiation exposure, and then the results are automatically uploaded into their SEC3URE accounts.
These pages provide guidance to setup and use SEC3URE tools for effectively monitoring radiation safety in facilities. It includes details for pulling various reporting tools.
The Facility Radiation Exposure Report shows your supplier vendor rep populations where either Radiation Exposure and Radiation Training credentials are required in your facilities. It will also allow you to see any reps who have had radiation exposure data above NRC limits.
This guide provides facility administrators with answers to our most frequently asked questions about the SEC3URE Radiation Safety Program. If you have any additional questions, you may always call us at (817) SEC3URE (732-3873). Or Contact HealthCare Facility Support.
Since supplier vendor representatives and other occupational visitors serve multiple facilities, they are often not included in healthcare radiation safety programs. This inadvertent safety gap leaves facilities, vendor reps, and vendor companies at risk. Download the Facility HCIR Monitoring Policy Template to help your facility fill the gap and enact radiation safety for your occupational supplier rep populations.
Radiation exposure is serious. SEC3URE provides a supplier vendor reps notification if they receive more than 10% of the annual regulatory limits for Occupational Radiation Exposure. We will complete and then send the supplier rep this form so they may keep her/his employer and facility RSOs informed. This allows everyone the opportunities to review the situation and propose an appropriate course of action to minimize any future exposure.
The risks of work-related occupational radiation exposure are serious. Though rare, should supplier reps being monitored receive either a Level 2 or Level 3 ALARA notification, SEC3URE will send this survey so that it may be completed, reviewed, and signed by the reps as well as their Employer Administrators, Supervisors, or RSOs.
SEC3URE Radiation Safety Program for Healthcare Facilities