title: DOSIMETRIC QUALITY ASSURANCE INTERPRETED FOR ISO 17025 IN PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND'S PERSONAL DOSIMETRY SERVICE.
abstract: Many individual monitoring services (IMSs) have long experience in delivering high-quality dosimetry, and many follow rigorous quality assurance (QA) procedures. Typically, these procedures have been developed through experience and are highly effective in maintaining high-quality dose measurements. However, it is not always clear how the range of QA procedures normally followed by IMSs maps on to the various requirements of ISO 17025. The Personal Dosimetry Service of Public Health England has interpreted its QA procedures both in operating existing services and in developing a new one.
authors.affiliation: Public Health England, CRCE, Chilton, Didcot, OXON OX11 0RQ, UK phil.gilvin@phe.gov.uk.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gilvin
authors.affiliation: Public Health England, CRCE, Chilton, Didcot, OXON OX11 0RQ, UK.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Gibbens
authors.affiliation: Public Health England, CRCE, Chilton, Didcot, OXON OX11 0RQ, UK.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011786:Quality Control; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D000072232:Radiation Dosimeters; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D035501:Uncertainty