64E-5.6421. Periodic Spot-Checks for Remote Afterloader Units  


Effective on Thursday, February 11, 2010
  • 1(1) A licensee authorized to use a remote afterloader unit for medical use shall perform the following spot-checks:

    19(a) Before the first use of a high dose-rate, medium dose-rate, or pulsed dose-rate remote afterloader unit on a given day;

    40(b) Before each patient treatment with a low dose-rate remote afterloader unit; and

    53(c) After each source installation.

    58(2) Spot-checks shall include the determination of:

    65(a) Electrical interlocks at each remote afterloader unit room entrance;

    75(b) Source exposure indicator lights on the remote afterloader unit, on the control console, and in the facility;

    93(c) Viewing and intercom systems in each high dose-rate, medium dose-rate, and pulsed dose-rate remote afterloader facility;

    110(d) Emergency response equipment;

    114(e) Radiation monitors used to indicate the source position;

    123(f) Timer accuracy;

    126(g) Clock (date and time) in the unit’s computer; and

    136(h) Decayed source(s) activity in the unit’s computer.

    144(3) If the results of the checks required in subsection 15464E-5.6421(2), 155F.A.C., of this section indicate the malfunction of any system, a licensee shall lock the control console in the off position and not use the unit except as may be necessary to repair, replace, or check the malfunctioning system.

    194(4) A licensee shall perform spot-checks required by subsection 20364E-5.6421(2), 204F.A.C., following procedures established by the authorized medical physicist.

    213(5) A licensee shall have the authorized medical physicist review the results of each spot-check within 15 days and promptly notify the licensee in writing of the results of each spot-check. The licensee shall keep a copy of each written notification for 3 years.

    257(6) A licensee shall retain a copy of the procedures required by subsection 27064E-5.6421(4), 271F.A.C., until the licensee no longer possesses the remote afterloader unit.

    282(7) A licensee shall maintain a record of each spot-check required by subsection 29564E-5.6421(2), 296F.A.C., for 3 years and a copy of the procedures required by subsections 30964E-5.6421(4) 310and (5), F.A.C., until the licensee no longer possesses the remote afterloader unit. The record shall include:

    327(a) The date of the spot-check;

    333(b) The manufacturer’s name, model number, and serial number for both the remote afterloader unit and source;

    350(c) An assessment of timer accuracy;

    356(d) Notations indicating the operability of each entrance door electrical interlock, radiation monitors, source exposure indicator lights, viewing and intercom systems, and clock and decayed source activity in the unit’s computer; and

    388(e) The name of the individual who performed the periodic spot-check and the signature of the authorized medical physicist who reviewed the record of the spot-check.

    414Rulemaking Authority 416404.022, 417404.051, 418404.061, 419404.071, 420404.081, 421404.141 FS. 423Law Implemented 425404.022, 426404.051(1), 427(4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (10), (11), 434404.061(2), 435(3), 436404.071(1), 437404.081, 438404.141 FS. 440History–New 2-11-10.

     

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