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PAC 4: Radiation Protection in Medicine

Program Area Committee (PAC) 4 provides oversight of activities in the field of radiation protection in medicine. Functioning within the scope of PAC 4 are two report-writing committees: SC 4-1, Management of Persons Contaminated with Radionuclides; and SC 4-2 on Population Monitoring and Decontamination Following a Nuclear or Radiological Incident.

Currently authorized but unfunded activities within this program area are:

medical evaluation of workers
radiological protection standards and ethical issues in studies involving radiation exposure of human research subjects
radiation protection guidance for computed tomography
revision of NCRP Report No. 102 on Medical X-Rays, Electron Beam and Gamma-Ray Protection for Energies Up to 50 MeV (1989)

During 2006 the members of PAC 4 were instrumental in planning the 2007 Annual Meeting on “Advances in Radiation Protection in Medicine.” The meeting was focused on topics related to patient doses and dose controls in diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine procedures, and radiotherapy. Possible health effects such as increased cancer risk from exposure to medical radiation were also discussed. New white papers were available at the meeting on the appropriate utilization of medical imaging (from the American College of Radiology) and efforts by equipment manufacturers to reduce patient doses (from the National Electrical Manufacturers Association).

The 2007 Annual Meeting Proceedings will be published in Health Physics in 2008.

The membership of PAC 4 is:

J.T. Bushberg, Vice President
E.S. Amis
J.A. Brink
J.F. Cardella
C.C. Cardwell
K.L. Classic
M. Edwards
D.P. Frush
R.E. Goans
L. Kroger
E.G. Leidholdt
F.A. Mettler, Jr.
T.L. Phillips
J.A. Seibert
S.C. White
S.Y. Woo
T.S. Tenforde, NCRP Contact

SC 4-1 Management of Persons Contaminated with Radionuclides >

SC 4-2 Population Monitoring and Decontamination Following
a Nuclear or Radiological Incident >

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PAC 4: Radiation Protection in Medicine

NCRP has received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov) to prepare a report on "Population Monitoring and Decontamination Following a Nuclear/Radiological Incident"