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6.2. Workplace Monitoring for External Radiation 38

6.2.1. Routinemonitoring 38
6.2.2. Task-related monitoring 39
6.3. Workplace Monitoring for Surface Contamination 39
6.3.1. Routine monitoring 40
6.3.2. Task-related monitoring 40
6.4. Workplace Monitoring for Air Contamination 4l
6.4.1. Alarmed monitoring 42
6.4.2. Area sampling 42
6.4.3. Representative sampling 42
6.4.4. Assessment of intake 42
6.5. Individual Monitoring for External Exposure 43
6.5.1. Routine monitoring 43
6.5.2. Task-related monitoring 44
6.6. Individual Monitoring for Internal Exposure 44
6.6.1. Routinemonitoring 45
6.6.2. Task-related monitoring 46
6.7. Individual Monitoring for Skin Contamination 46
6.8. SpecialMonitoring 46
6.9. The Use of Reference Levels 47
6.9.1. Recoiding levels 48
6.9.2. Investigation levels 48
6.10. Individual Dose Assessment 49
6.11. Record Keeping 49
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6.12. Accuracy 50
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7, MANAGEMENT OF OVEREXPOSED WORKERS 53
7 .1. External Overexposure 53
7.2. Internal Overexposure 54
7.3. Skin Contamination 55
7.4. Medical Response 55
7.5. Future Fitness for Radiation Work 55
8. HEALTH SURVEILLANCE 57
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 PREFACE
At its meeting in Bournemouth, UK in September 1993, the Commission, on the
recommendation of Committee 4, established a Task Group to prepare a comprehensive
report on the principles for the protection of workers from ionising radiations. The Task
Group was specifically requested to develop guidance on the implementation of the principles
in ICRP Publication 60, to review critically Publication 28 (The Principles and General
Procedures for Handling Emergency and Accidental Exposures of Workers) and Publication
35 (General Principles of Monitoring for Radiation Protection of Workers) and specifically
to update and replace Publication 35. The Task Group also took specific account of those
parts of Publication 65 (Protection Against Radon-222 at Home and at Work) that deal with
exposure to radon at work. The report was prepared for Committee 4 by a Task Group with
the following membership:
J.-C. Nenot (Chairman)
R. Coates
P. Hedemann Jensen
C. J. Huyskens (1993-1994)
M. P. Measures
A. D. Wrixon
The membership of Committee 4 during the preparation of this report was:
D. Beninson (Chairman)
B. C. Winkler (Vice-Chairman)
A. D. Wrixon (Secretary)
D. Cool
R. M. Duncan
A. Gonzalez
R. Hock
C. J. Huyskens
T. Kosako
K. Lokan
F. Luykx
J.-C. N&rot
Z. Pan
K. C. Pillai
A. Richardson
A. Sugier
K. Ulbak
J. Valentin
The report was adopted for publication by the Commission in 1997.
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O ptimizat ion and Decision-making in Rad.io logical Prote ction 0 08 03738t ?
ICRP Publication 54 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 19 No. l-3)
Individual Monitoring for Intakes of Radionuclides by Vl/orkers: Design and
Interpretation 0 08 035600 I
ICRP Publication 53 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. l8 No. l-4)
Radiation Dose to Patients from Radiopharmaceuticals 0 08 035591 9
ICRP Publication 52 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. l7 No. 4)
Protection of the Patient in Nuclear Medicine 0 08 033188 2
ICRP Publication 5l (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 17 No. 2/3)
Data.fot Use in Protection Against External Radiation 0 08 035587 0
ICRP Publication 50 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 17 No. l)
Lung Cancer Riskfrom Indoor Exposures to Radon Daughlers 0 08 035579 X
ICRP Publication 49 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 16 No. 4)
Developmental Efibcts of Irradiation on lhe Brain of the Embryo and Fetus 0 08 035203 0
ICRP Publication 48 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 16 No. 2/3)
The Metabolism of Plutonium and Related Elements 0 08 034827 0
ICRP Fublication 47 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 16 No. l)
Radiation Protection of lhorkers in Mines 0 08 034020 2
ICRP Publication 46 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 15 No. 4)
Radiation Protection Principles for the Disposal of Solid Radioactive Woste 0 08 033666 3
ICRP Publication 45 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 15 No. 3)
Quantitative Bases for Developing a Unified Index of Harm 0 08 033665 5
ICRP Publication ,14 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 15 No. 2)
Protectian of the Patient in Radiation Therapy 0 08 032336 7
ICRP Publication 43 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 15 No. l)
Principles of Monitoring for the Radiation Protection of the Population 0 08 032335 9
ICRP Publication 42 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 14 No. 4)
A Compilation of the Major Concepts and Quantities in use by ICRP 0 08 032334 0
ICRP Publication 4l (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 14 No. 3)
Nowtochastic Efects of Ionizing Radiation 0 08 032333 2
ICRP Publication 40 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 14 No. 2)
Protection of the Public in the Event of Major Radiation Accidents:
Principles for Planning 0 08 032302 2
ICRP Publication 39 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 14 No. l)
Principles for Limifing Exposure of the Public to Natural Sources of Radiation 0 08 031503 8
ICRP Publication 38 (Annals of the ICRP Vols. I l-13)
Radionuclide Transformations: Energy and Intensity of Emissions 0 08 030761 2
ICRP Publication 37 (Annals of rhe ICRP Vol. l0 No. 2/3)
CostBenefit Analysis in the Optimization of Radiation Protection 0 08 029817 6
ICRP Publication 36 (Annals of the ICRP Vol, l0 No. l)
Protection againsl lonizing Radiation in the Teaching of Science 0 08 029818 4
ICRP Publication 34 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 9 No. 2/3)
Protectian of the Patient in Diagnostic Radiology 0 08 029797 8
ICRP Publication 32 (Annals of the ICRP Vol. 6 No. l)
Limils of Inhalation of Radon Daughters by Workers 0 08 028864 2

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