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What is TEDE or Whole Body Dose?5 rem or 50 mSv
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What is LDE or Lens Dose Equivalent?15 rem or 150 mSv
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What is SDE or Shallow Dose Equivalent?50 rem or 500 mSv
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What is Dose to a fetus during gestation?500 mrem or 5 mSv
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What is Dose to a minor or the public?100 mrem or 1 mSv
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What is an unrestricted area?Less than 2 mrem/hr
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What is a Radiation Area sign?Greater than 5 mrem/hour at 30 cm from source
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What is a High Radiation Area?Greater than 100 mrem/hour at 30 cm from source
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What is Grave Danger, Very High Radiation Area?Greater than 500 rad in one hour at 1 meter from the source
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What is Caution Radioactive Materials?Displayed where radioactive materials are stored and used
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What is Caution Airborne Radioactivity Area?Displayed where radioactivity may be airborne
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What is the first step in a minor spill?Notify others in the area of the spill
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What are ALARA concepts?Time, Distance, and Shielding
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What is a major spill procedure?Call the RSO before cleaning the spill
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What is a daily procedure for preventing contamination?Checking hands before leaving the department at lunch or end of day
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What are the steps done prior to disposal of a radioactive vial or syringe?Deface vial, measure background, return to manufacturer
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What is a daily survey?Using a GM meter and looking for contamination
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What is a weekly wipe survey or removable contamination survey?Using an alcohol pad or wipe tester and surveying surfaces where radioactivity was injected or manipulated
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What is less than 2400 dpm per 100cm² (24 dpm/cm²)?The results of wiping the outside and inside of a radioactive package
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What is a Yellow II package?Package surface reading of 1 mR/hr and 1 meter reading of 0.5 mR/hr
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What is Edge Packing?Greater light collection efficiency at the edge vs. center due to reflections
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What is 3-5 million?A daily uniformity flood for a scintillation camera should contain this many counts
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What are Pixels?The camera crystal is electronically divided into a matrix consisting of many small areas
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What is the Radioactive Materials license and NRC form 3?These documents must be posted in a nuclear medicine department according to the NRC
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What is above ALARA I but below ALARA II?A technologist with a TEDE of 167mrem for quarter 1 falls within which ALARA range?
