Radiation Safety Advice Sheets
Here are some handy safety advice sheets to help teams with practical guidance on key areas within radiation safety. They have been developed for Radiation Safety Advice Week by members of the Radiation Safety SIG, including physicists, radiologists, radiographers and corporate partners.
Four new advice sheets will be added during Radiation Safety Week.
Radiation Safety Week 26 February-2 March 2025
Clinical evaluation
Resolving Safety Disputes
Ionising Radiation Incidents PSIRF (Amended May 2025)
Notification, registration and consent
Radiation Safety Week 27 February – 1 March 2024
Outsourcing Emergency planning
Radon How to wear a lead apron
Radiation Safety Week 27 February – 3 March 2023
(Please note the advice sheet on non-medical referrers to imaging is currently under review and awaiting correction)
Patient Skin Dose Lead Apron Screening
Management
Classification of Nuclear Medicine staff
Radiation Safety Week 28 February – 4 March 2022
Each day we will share another advice sheet with our members and wider community. You can download all five advice sheets here:
Patient Radiation Dose Management
In-room Radiation Shielding
Implementing a Radiation Incident Coding System
Equipment Quality Assurance (QA) Programme
Image Optimisation Teams
Radiation Safety week 2019
Radiation risks PPE Keeping DOSE ALARP
Ionising Equipment Non-Medical Referrers
