This document discusses the role of executive management in effectively implementing and managing a radiation safety program at a medical facility. It introduces the concept of the "management triangle," which comprises executive management, the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), and the Radiation Safety Committee (RSC). It emphasizes that these three elements must work as a team, with executive management bearing ultimate responsibility for the program, while relying on the RSO and RSC for oversight of day-to-day operations. Executive management should appoint a representative to actively participate on the RSC and ensure adequate resources are provided to support the radiation safety program.
Education Longitudinal Study (ELS), 2002: Base Year United States Department of Education. National Center For Education Statistics User Guide For All Parts
This document discusses the role of executive management in effectively implementing and managing a radiation safety program at a medical facility. It introduces the concept of the "management triangle," which comprises executive management, the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), and the Radiation Safety Committee (RSC). It emphasizes that these three elements must work as a team, with executive management bearing ultimate responsibility for the program, while relying on the RSO and RSC for oversight of day-to-day operations. Executive management should appoint a representative to actively participate on the RSC and ensure adequate resources are provided to support the radiation safety program.
This document discusses the role of executive management in effectively implementing and managing a radiation safety program at a medical facility. It introduces the concept of the "management triangle," which comprises executive management, the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), and the Radiation Safety Committee (RSC). It emphasizes that these three elements must work as a team, with executive management bearing ultimate responsibility for the program, while relying on the RSO and RSC for oversight of day-to-day operations. Executive management should appoint a representative to actively participate on the RSC and ensure adequate resources are provided to support the radiation safety program.
This document discusses the role of executive management in effectively implementing and managing a radiation safety program at a medical facility. It introduces the concept of the "management triangle," which comprises executive management, the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO), and the Radiation Safety Committee (RSC). It emphasizes that these three elements must work as a team, with executive management bearing ultimate responsibility for the program, while relying on the RSO and RSC for oversight of day-to-day operations. Executive management should appoint a representative to actively participate on the RSC and ensure adequate resources are provided to support the radiation safety program.
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physicists, to ensure that adequate resources are This chapter offers guidance to executive provided for the radiation safety program, management of a licensed medical facility on including support for the radiation safety officer executive management's role in effective (RSO) and the RSC. See Chapter 6 for further implementation and management of the radiation discussion on radiation safety program resources. safety program. For the purposes of this report, the term "executive management" refers to an individual at the senior vice-president or chief 1.2 The Management Riangle executive officer level who is responsible for oversight of the facility's radiation safety program. The "management triangle," a concept used In a broad scope program, this individual could be throughout this report, comprises three elements: a senior administrator, whereas, in a small executive management, the RSO, and the RSC. licensed program, this individual could be the sole The concept was developed for the purposes of owner and operator. Regardless of the individual's this report to emphasize that there are three title, the NRC expects executive management to primary responsible entities for radiation safety appoint a representative who actively participates program management. No one element is as a member of the radiation safety committee considered more important than the others; (RSC) and has the authority to delegate necessary rather, the management triangle represents a resources to the radiation safety program, as team approach in which the success of the team is identified by the RSC. The term "executive dependent upon the contribution of each element. management" does not include department Each element of the management triangle is managers in radiology, nuclear medicine, discussed in a separate chapter to emphasize its radiation oncology, or any other department of respective role, relationship with the other the facility, regardless of department size. elements, and the need for effective communication between elements to establish and Executive management should become familiar maintain an effective management team with the types of radiation sources used at the (Chapters 1,2, and 3). Even though all elements facility, and where they are used, received, and are considered equally important, it should be stored. This is particularly important since some noted that NRC regulations specify that executive medical uses pose a higher safety risk than others management of the licensed facility has ultimate for occupational workers, patients, and the public. responsibility for the radiation safety program, For example, radiation therapy presents a higher even though executive management may depend risk than diagnostic radiology or nuclear medicine heavily upon the RSO and RSC. This means that applications. Specifically, sealed radiation sources even though the RSC and, in particular, the RSO, and linear accelerators for in-patient and oversee the day-to-day operations of the program, out-patient radiation therapy procedures pose a and are the informed bodies to which executive potentially significant safety hazard because of the management turns for information, the license is higher radiation levels associated with the use of issued to the institution (executive management) these devices. In order to fully appreciate these and executive management of that institution is medical use areas, executive management should held responsible for implementing the licensed consult with individuals expert in these areas, such program.
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