NORTH CAROLINA RADIATION PROTECTION SECTION
Quick Reference Guide

 

Inspection Check List

 

The facility shall maintain the following documentation. These documents will be reviewed for compliance with the regulations at the time of inspection(s). Radiation rule reference in parenthesis ( ).

    For all X-Ray Units|

                Copy of the plan review (.0603)

                Copy of the letter of acknowledgement (.0210)

                Copy of the post installation room(s) survey (.0603)

                Copy of the Form FDA 2579, FDA Report of Assembly Form (.0206) and Federal Part 21 CFR Part 1020


    General Documents

                 Current copy of the Notice of Registration from RPS (.0203) & (.0209)

                 Previous inspections reports and correspondence regarding inspections with RPS (.1002)

                 Current copy of the State Regulations (2002 latest edition) (.1002)
 
                 Dosimetry Records for Personnel (.1638 & .1644)
 
                 Technique charts posted visibly and current for all procedures. Chart should include patient’s anatomical
                    size versus technique factors at a given source to image distance (SID). (.0603(a)(1)(C)

                Current copy of the Notice of Registration from RPS (.0203) & (.0209)

      Radiation Safety Program

          
        Current copy of the radiation safety program (.1603 and .1636)
 
                Reviewed annually by the RSO and signed (.1603)

                Reviewed annually and when changes occur by all operators and signed (.1603)


     Posting of Signs

           
       Notice to Employees (.1002)

                Radiation Caution Signs (.1623 & .1624) 

    Other Items of Interest

                Brand, type and emitting color of film

                Brand, type and emitting color of screens

                Film/Screen combination speed

                Type of processor chemicals (MSDS sheets for chemistry)

                Type and wattage of safelight in darkroom

                Type of filter on safelight in darkroom and date last changed

                Average number of exposures per week

                Film storage procedures and policy

                Shielding devices and procedures (lead aprons, gonad and thyroid shielding)

                Fluoroscopic outputs (if applicable)



Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1645                                              Phone: (919) 571-4141 Fax: (919) 571-4148
NCDENR . NC Radiation Protection                                                           Revised 9/23/2008