Regulation of work with ionising radiations in the medical sector in great Britain

This paper is concerned principally with the impact that IRR99 has had on the medical sector. The legislation enforced by other statutory bodies is not considered. inspections and investigations undertaken by HSE have demonstrated that compliance with IRR99 has been poor in the medical sector. the main areas of non-compliance are in the areas of risk assessments, maintenance and testing of engineering controls, monitoring of designated areas, training of employees, provision of information to employees and others, and quality assurance (QA) of equipment used for medical exposures. These issues will be explored in subsequent sections. (Author)