title: The accuracy of surface-contamination measurements; survey of UK hospitals, 1986.
abstract: In response to a number of concerns expressed at both national and international levels, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) conducted a survey of UK hospitals and associated Regional Radiation Protection Services. Sources of surface contamination were distributed and participants were requested to measure these and interpret the relevant responses in terms of emission and activity per unit area. The analysis of the returns demonstrates that the vast majority of results was significantly in error and that the quality of radiation protection may be impaired.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiation Science & Acoustics, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, UK.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D006761:Hospitals; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes