| • Fetal
badge - Badge supplied to a declared pregnant radiation
worker to monitor radiation dose to the fetus for the term of the
pregnancy
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| • Dose
History - Lifetime history of occupational exposure to ionizing
radiation. NRC Form-4
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• Spare
Badge - Extra badge sent at customer request for assignment
to:
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– Visitors
– New employees
– Employees who have lost their normal dosimeter
– Spiking - A customer practice of playing a little joke on dosimetry
service companies by intentionally exposing a spare dosimeter to radiation to
test the processor's ability to evaluate exposed dosimeters.
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| • Area
Monitor - Dosimeter used to monitor an area. Dose not assigned
to a person.
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| • Whole-body -Those
portions of the body from the elbows to the knees, including the
head.
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| • Extremity
Dosimeter- Dosimeter used to monitor dose to wrist, finger
or ankle.
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| • Millirem
(mrem) - A unit of radiation dose that equates radiation
exposure to biological damage. The yearly limit for occupational
exposure to ionizing radiation is 5000 mrem.
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• Webster
Calculation - When a Health Care Professional wears a protective
(lead) apron to minimize radiation exposure while working in proximity
to a radiation source, a badge is worn on the chest, beneath the
apron, and at the collar. A Webster Calculation is then performed
to determine the worker's true dose.
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| • Minimum
reportable dose -The minimum dose that can be reliably detected. |