From:	Pomije, Brian D. (LCDR)
Sent:	Friday, April 22, 2005 8:02 AM
To:	Saylor, Tillman K (NNMC Contractor); Giel, Daniel T. (CIV); LaFontaine, Richard L CT; McFadden, Anthony E LTJG; Williams, Anthony S. (LCDR); Hecht, Sheila C , LCDR
Cc:	Pomije, Brian D. (LCDR); Fong, Raynard K. CAPT BUMED; pomije@cox.net
Subject:	Lessons Learned from Accidental Exposures from Radiotherapy
To Therapy Physicists and Naval Medical Center RSOs,

I am forwarding the following weblink for your information only.  

The link is to a 4.6 MB downloadable PDF file on the IAEA website.  The report is titled: Lessons Learned from Accidental Exposures from Radiotherapy.

http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1084_web.pdf

The report is over a hundred pages in length, but is an excellent reference regarding accidents in radiation therapy, including in many cases, root causes to the accidental exposures, and methods to avoid them in the future.

V/R, 

LCDR Pomije

Brian D. Pomije, MS, DABR
Lieutenant Commander, Medical Service Corps, USN
Radiation Health Team Leader
Navy Environmental Health Center
620 John Paul Jones Circle (Suite 1100)
Portsmouth, VA 23708-2103

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