12VAC5-481-2013: Safety instruction

A. In addition to the requirements of 12VAC5-481-2270, licensees shall provide radiation safety instruction initially and at least annually, to personnel caring for patients or human research subjects who are receiving brachytherapy and cannot be released under 12VAC5-481-1870.

B. To satisfy this requirement, the instruction shall be commensurate with the duties of the personnel and include:

1. Size and appearance of the brachytherapy sources;

2. Safe handling and shielding instructions;

3. Patient or human research subject control;

4. Visitor control, including both:

a. Routine visitation of hospitalized individuals in accordance with 12VAC5-481-720 A 1; and

b. Visitation authorized in accordance with 12VAC5-481-720 C; and

5. Notification of the RSO, or his designee, and an AU if the patient or the human research subject has a medical emergency or dies. The licensee shall also notify the agency if it is possible that any individual could receive exposures in excess of regulatory limits as a result of the deceased's body.