Veterinary Practices

MANAGEMENT/POSSESSION LICENCES

A management licence authorises a legal entity or an individual to conduct a radiation practice.
Our radiation safety specialists can assist with obtaining or making changes to your radiation management licence as well as review your management to ensure that your licence is accurate and suggest areas where there can be a cost saving. We can also provide a fully managed service to manage the management/possession licence for you.

USER LICENCES

A radiation use licence authorises the holder to use specified types of radiation sources for a specified purpose, such as ionising radiation apparatus, radioactive material or sealed sources. Our radiation safety specialists can assist individuals to obtain radiation use licences. We can also assist institutions in reviewing the staff radiation use licences to ensure all practices are within the licence conditions. We can also provide a fully managed services to notify you and your staff when their licence is due to expire. This ensures that there is never a lapse in a licence.

RADIATION SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT PLANS

A radiation management plan provides an institution with requirements and best practice advice to ensure all staff and visitors are safe around the use of radiation. Our radiation safety specialists can review your radiation management plan and provide advice and recommendations for improvement and implementation. Or, we can work with you to develop a radiation management plan from scratch to suit your workplace.

PERSONAL RADIATION MONITORING

Do you or your staff have concerns with your personal radiation monitoring? Our radiation safety specialists can review your staff radiation dose history and investigate any abnormal exposures. We can also advise on who should be allocated a personal radiation monitor and who does not need one with the reasons why.

QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAMS

Are you a practice that strives for best practice? Quality control (QC) programs can ensure that your team are always aware that your units are working optimally and identify any potential issues prior to it impacting clinical images.

Our medical physicists can facilitate implementing a QC program tailored for your practice. We can also provide ongoing support for questions and provide advice when an issue is identified.

PPE ADVICE

Are your lead aprons appropriate for your practice? Do your staff need lead glasses? Are you providing personal radiation monitors to the right people? We can assess your current practice and provide advice to optimise radiation safety for you and your staff.

PROTOCOLS

Our medical physicists can work with you and your team to review your protocols to improve image quality and radiation dose to optimise your protocols and patient outcomes.

EQUIPMENT TESTING

Our medical physicists can complete a comprehensive list of radiation safety tests to ensure all of your units are working safely and optimally.

PREGNANT STAFF

Do you have a pregnant staff member who is concerned about radiation? We can provide advice to pregnant staff working with and around radiation.

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