BS EN ISO 16637:2019
Radiological protection. Monitoring and internal dosimetry for staff members exposed to medical radionuclides as unsealed sources

Standard No.

BS EN ISO 16637:2019

Release Date

2019

Published By

British Standards Institution (BSI)

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BS EN ISO 16637:2019

Scope

1   Scope This International Standard specifies the minimum requirements for the design of professional programmes to monitor workers exposed to the risk of internal contamination via inhalation by the use of radionuclides as unsealed sources in nuclear medicine imaging and therapy departments. It establishes principles for the development of compatible goals and requirements for monitoring programmes and, when adequate, dose assessment. It presents procedures and assumptions for the risk analysis, for the monitoring programmes, and for the standardized interpretation of monitoring data. This International Standard addresses the following items: a) purposes of monitoring and monitoring programmes; b) description of the different categories of monitoring programmes; c) quantitative criteria for conducting monitoring programmes; d) suitable methods for monitoring and criteria for their selection; e) information that has to be collected for the design of a monitoring programme;

BS EN ISO 16637:2019 history

• 2019 BS EN ISO 16637:2019 Radiological protection. Monitoring and internal dosimetry for staff members exposed to medical radionuclides as unsealed sources