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A new worldwide standard for monitoring workers for radiation exposure

New ISO standard will improve protection of workers exposed to radiation, IEWY News 3 March 11, A  new ISO standard will help optimize individual monitoring and protection of workers exposed to radiation. It will also provide the technical basis for reinforcing regulation in this field worldwide. The application of ISO 27048:2011, Radiation protection — Dose assessment for the monitoring of workers for internal radiation exposure, will contribute to more reliable and consistent results when measuring internal doses of radioactive substances.Many workers are indeed exposed, often in varying degrees and circumstances, to ionizing radiation. Therefore, people who are occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation receive increased health surveillance and monitoring. For workers exposed to radioactivity which may enter the body via inhalation, ingestion or the skin, a comprehensive monitoring programme is needed; such a programme consists in measurements of body activities and excretion rates via urine or feces………

New ISO standard will improve protection of workers exposed to radiation

March 4, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, health, technology