Radiation appliances and quality assurance
All radiation appliances in use must be suitable for their purpose and compliant with the valid regulations and requirements.
Safety culture
The purpose of a safety culture is to create the prerequisites for safe operations. Maintaining a good safety culture requires commitment by the personnel and management.
Quality assurance of the use of radiation in health care
The responsible party must arrange quality assurance for the activities that cause radiation exposure. The quality assurance practices must be reviewed regularly and updated whenever necessary.
Quality assurance of industrial use of radiation
The condition of the radiation sources and the equipment is verified through periodic inspections and maintenance.
Appliances
All radiation appliances in use must be suitable for their purpose and compliant with the valid regulations and requirements.
Requirements for the use of radiation appliances
STUK issues in-service acceptability criteria for radiation appliances. The acceptability criteria denote the minimum requirements – acceptability limits – imposed on the performance capacity of the equipment. These requirements are applied as the strictest action limits during the use of the equipment.