Overview of the Quality Assurance Programme Implemented for TLD Based Individual Monitoring in India

The effective implementation of a comprehensive quality assurance (QA) programme in any individual monitoring service plays a key role in attaining and sustaining the level of performance at par with international standards. In India, individual monitoring of more than 120 000 radiation workers is p...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Radiation protection dosimetry 2017-04, Vol.174 (2), p.175-184
Main Authors: Srivastava, Kshama, Bakshi, A K, Punekar, M P, Kolambe, D H, Ratna, P, Datta, D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Humans
India
Radiation Exposure
Radiation Monitoring
Reproducibility of Results
Thermoluminescent Dosimetry
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The effective implementation of a comprehensive quality assurance (QA) programme in any individual monitoring service plays a key role in attaining and sustaining the level of performance at par with international standards. In India, individual monitoring of more than 120 000 radiation workers is provided through 16 laboratories using a CaSO4:Dy based thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD) badge system. In such a wide-spread programme, the harmonization of procedures and regular QA check on the dosimetry system are utmost important to ensure the uniform standard of accuracy and reliability of the service. This paper discusses some aspects of the QA programme implemented at different stages of the TLD monitoring system and provides the results of the performance test of monitoring laboratories.
ISSN:0144-8420
1742-3406
DOI:10.1093/rpd/ncw108