Resources
General information, guidance and basics:
General resources:
Many organizations and state, federal and international agencies develop and maintain standards for the purchase, installation and maintenance of equipment, qualifications of personnel, job descriptions, calibration of instrumentation and equipment, radionuclide dose calibration, software maintenance, quality assurance and quality control procedures, diagnostic imaging protocols, radiation therapy treatment planning standards, adjuvant therapy, dose management, site credentialing/licensing, site inspections, and site certification, and for coordination with governmental (usually state) agencies.
Regulations and standards are often complex and can vary between such organizations, and almost always require an in-depth understanding of underlying physics principles, conventions and terminology in order to properly interpret them.
My summary of state agencies and regulatory bodies that are often difficult to identify and locate:
Guidance on Federal and State Radiation Regulations:
Professional Organizations:
Regulations and standards are often complex and can vary between such organizations, and almost always require an in-depth understanding of underlying physics principles, conventions and terminology in order to properly interpret them.
My summary of state agencies and regulatory bodies that are often difficult to identify and locate:
Guidance on Federal and State Radiation Regulations:
- Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR Part 20) -- Standards for Protection Against Radiation
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Ionizing Radiation
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
Professional Organizations:
- American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
- American College of Radiology (ACR)
- Health Physics Society (HPS)
- National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP)
- International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP)
- International Organization of Medical Physics (IOMP)
- Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM)
- Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
- International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU)
- Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD)
- The Society for Pediatric Radiology
- The International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT)
- Radiation Safety in Adult Medical Imaging
- American Brachytherapy Society (ABS)
- National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
- European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology (ESTRO)
- European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)
- ECRI Institute (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute)
- The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
- The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC)
- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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