Performance testing of personnel-dosimetry services. Final report of test No. 3
In September, 1977, the University of Michigan began a pilot study of the Health Physics Society Standards Committee (HPSSC) Standard titled, Criteria for Testing Personnel Dosimetry Performance. Approximately 70 dosimetry processors volunteered to participate in one or more of three tests of the HPSSC Standard. The results from Tests No. 1 and No. 2 were used to evaluate and revise the Standard which was then adopted by the HPSSC in June, 1981. The Standard was also adopted by the American National Standards Institute as ANSI N13.11-1982 in June, 1982. Test No. 3 of the revised HPSSC Standard was conducted from November, 1981 to April, 1982. The objectives of Test No. 3 were to determine if the Standard is acceptable for future testing programs, and to provide experience with the final version of the Standard. The passing rate among all the processors for Test No. 3 was 75% compared to passing rates of 48% and 62% for Tests No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, with adjustments made for changes in the Standard following Test o. 2. Among all the individual dosimeters irradiated during Test No. 3, 89% had a reported dose within +- 50% of the delivered dose compared to 79% and 86% of the dosimeters irradiated for Test No. 1 and No. 2. The HPSSC Standard was found to be an acceptable measure of minimum performance and an appropriate basis for a regulatory program to accredit dosimetry processors.
- Research Organization:
- Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA). School of Public Health
- OSTI ID:
- 6417834
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG/CR-2891; ON: DE83901542
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: 1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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