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 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

Non-medical Classification of
referrers to imaging 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