Emery R J, Johnston T P, Sprau D D
Clinical & Laboratory Safety Department, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center 77225, USA.
Health Phys. 1995 Aug;69(2):278-80. doi: 10.1097/00004032-199508000-00015.
To assist in providing comprehensive surveillance for potential health and safety hazards, simple assessments of physical, chemical, and biological safety concerns were incorporated into traditional radiation safety facility surveys for a biomedical research and clinical care facility for a 1-y period. Customized training was provided to radiation safety staff members concerning each of the hazard areas identified and a brief checklist was developed. During the 1-y period 802 laboratory and clinic surveys were performed, and of the 372 safety issues noted by the staff, approximately 55% were identified as not related to traditional health physics surveillance activities. The utilization of these simple safety audit tools as part of a routine radiation safety surveillance program can serve as a cost effective way to assist in maintaining a teaching, research, and clinical environment that is free from a variety of recognized hazards.
为协助对潜在的健康与安全危害进行全面监测，在为期1年的时间里，将对物理、化学和生物安全问题的简单评估纳入了一家生物医学研究与临床护理机构的传统辐射安全设施调查中。针对所确定的每个危险领域，为辐射安全工作人员提供了定制培训，并制定了一份简要清单。在这1年期间，共进行了802次实验室和诊所调查，工作人员指出的372个安全问题中，约55%被确定与传统的健康物理学监测活动无关。将这些简单的安全审计工具用作常规辐射安全监测计划的一部分，可成为一种具有成本效益的方式，有助于维持一个不存在各种公认危害的教学、研究和临床环境。
