title: Overview of the Quality Assurance Programme Implemented for TLD Based Individual Monitoring in India.
abstract: The effective implementation of a comprehensive quality assurance (QA) programme in any individual monitoring service plays a key role in attaining and sustaining the level of performance at par with international standards. In India, individual monitoring of more than 120 000 radiation workers is provided through 16 laboratories using a CaSO4:Dy based thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD) badge system. In such a wide-spread programme, the harmonization of procedures and regular QA check on the dosimetry system are utmost important to ensure the uniform standard of accuracy and reliability of the service. This paper discusses some aspects of the QA programme implemented at different stages of the TLD monitoring system and provides the results of the performance test of monitoring laboratories.
authors.affiliation: Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India.
authors.forename: Kshama
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bakshi
authors.affiliation: Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Punekar
authors.affiliation: Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kolambe
authors.affiliation: Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ratna
authors.affiliation: Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Datta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D000069079:Radiation Exposure; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry