title: Argentine intercomparison programme for personal dosimetry.
abstract: An Intercomparison Programme is being carried out in Argentina for individual monitoring services. The programme was designed to test, on a voluntary basis, the performance of the laboratories that provide individual monitoring services for X and gamma radiation fields in the range from low-level dose up to 100 mSv. Irradiations were performed in full accordance with ISO 4037-3 recommendations by the Regional Reference Centre for Dosimetry (CRRD), belonging to Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) and the Physical Dosimetry Laboratory of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ARN). At the same time, several items have been asked to each participant pertaining to the action range, the detectors' characteristics, the laboratory procedures, the existence of an algorithm and its use for the dosemeter evaluation. In this study the evolution of the laboratories' performance throughout the programme, based on ISO 14146 acceptance criteria, is shown.
authors.affiliation: Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear, Av del Libertador 8250 Buenos Aires, Argentina. bgregori@cae.arn.gov.ar
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Gregori
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Papadópulos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saraví
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kunst
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D001822:Body Burden; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006078:Government Programs; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011786:Quality Control; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000592:standards*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity