Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The use of ionising radiation in the UK is regulated nationally through legislation. The legal requirements for employers for the protection of radiation exposed workers are detailed in Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017 (IRR17),1 Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER17)2 and Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2018,3 with the ultimate responsibility for their enforcement sitting with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety.
Authors: K Sritharan, A Garnham, G Bowbrick, A Saratzis, R Lakshminarayan
Institutions: York Hospital, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Language: English
Topic: Radiation Dose and Imaging
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4404691913