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There is no other single program available in the U.S. that specifically trains individuals for the radiological safety issues faced by the biotechnology, university, hospital, and medical laboratory.

This is a fundamental 40-hour training program designed to prepare researchers and safety officers with the necessary skills to implement a radiation protection program in a biotechnology, university, hospital or medical laboratory and comply with state regulations standards regarding the use of radionuclides.

There are thousands of small biotechnology, university, hospital, and medical laboratories throughout the country that use radionuclides in their research and clinical practice. Each of these institutions is required to appoint a qualified Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) to oversee the use, application, monitoring, and disposal of radionuclides. The person occupying this position must meet the training and experience qualifications specified in licenses issued by the NRC or Agreement States.

This program will focus primarily on the radionuclides most commonly used in biotechnology, hospitals, and medical facilities (i.e., C-14, H-3, S-35, P-32/33, Ni-63, Tc-99m, and radioiodines), as well as
the techniques used to assay these radionuclides in laboratory radiation safety surveys.

This program is a unique training experience providing the perspectives and experiences of laboratory radiation safety officers and agreement state regulators!