From:	Pomije, Brian D. (LCDR)
Sent:	Friday, December 09, 2005 8:53 AM
To:	Burke, Gerald; Clark, Dorothy M. (CIV); Ely, Karen D. (CIV); Fairchild Gregory R LT; Feightner, Michael P. LT; Fong, Raynard K   CAPT; Frampton, Scott W  CIV; Giel, Daniel T. (CIV); Goodwill, Michael E; Harden, Gary W; Hecht, Sheila C , LCDR; Houston, Tony L. HM2; Johnson, Gabrielle M.; LaFontaine, Richard L CT; Loscocco, Michele F (CDR); Ozeroglu, Muhammed A  LT; Pomije, Brian D. (LCDR); Ruiz, Steven LCDR; Scott, John H., CIV.; Simays, Andrew E., CDR; Solanki, Haresh P; Swilley, Eugene A. (LT); Tu, Victor LT; Van Way, Rick L (LCDR); Younes, Georges  E LCDR
Cc:	Clagett, Christopher D, CDR; Pomije, Brian D. (LCDR); Ely, Karen D. (CIV); Clark, Dorothy M. (CIV); Earles, Marvin R LCDR ; Glennon, Brendan K. CDR BUMED; Lino CDR Fragoso (E-mail) (Lino.Fragoso@navy.mil); Hutto, Robert CAPT; Lorenzen, William F GS; Netzer, Patricia H. (CAPT); Styles, Donna L (CAPT)
Subject:	NRC RIS 2005-24 (Control of Radiation Dose to Visitors of Hospital Patients)
NRC REGULATORY ISSUE SUMMARY 2005-24
"Control of Radiation Dose
to Visitors of Hospital Patients"
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To all Radiation Safety Officers and Medical NRMP Permittees:

The attached document is being forwarded to all medical facilities that possess a Naval Radioactive Materials Permit (NRMP), and are permitted to conduct either Nuclear Medicine and/or brachytherapy implant activities.

The NRC Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) provides guidance on methods that may be used to estimate and control radiation doses to visitors of hospitalized patients who have been administered radioactive material.  Guidance is also provided on information collection in visitor exposure cases requiring dose reconstruction.

The contents of the document shall be reviewed by the RSO and by each command's Radiation Safety Committee (RSC) for applicability to their facility.  This message is for informational purposes only, and commands are not required to respond with a reply to NEHC.

Very respectfully,

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

W: (757) 953-0766; DSN: 377-0766
Cell: (757) 651-2814
Fax: (757) 953-0685