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• Introduction to Non-Ionising Radiation Safety Webinar

  • When
    06 June 2024
  •  
    13:00 - 17:30
  • Location
    Zoom

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  ISTR and the Society for Radiological Protection are pleased to announce a free joint webinar on non-ionising radation.

  • Are you a laboratory or workplace safety officer, a radiation safety supervisor or otherwise involved in supporting safety within your workplace?
  • Do you manage a workplace which has equipment with potentially hazardous optical or electromagnetic field emissions, such as welding equipment, induction heating, ultra violet lamps, magnetic resonance equipment, lasers, high current motors, demagnetisers, substations/switch-rooms,/transformers, electric charging, broadcast antennas, etc.?
  • Would you like to gain better insight regarding the control and management of these risks?
  • Would you like be better informed regarding regulatory and governance issues surrounding non-ionising radiation safety?
  • Do you have any 'workers at particular risk', (e.g. personnel with implanted medical devices that may be susceptible to interference from electro-magnetic fields  - such as pacemakers, implanted defibrillators, body-worn insulin pumps , heart pumps, etc)

  The programme is:

  Time	Scope	Led by:	Scope
  1:00pm	Introduction (15 mins)	David Rawlings	What is SRP, aims of the session, perspective: what is NIR? why should people care? why is it hard, interest from regulators
  1:15pm	EMF equipment, regulations, guidance and risk assessment process (30 mins)	Hugo Bibby	Equipment– (not an exclusive list), terminology and hazards, regulations, EMF risk assessment process; non-binding guidance and other sector related information, potential controls, indicated records and documentation, duty holders
  1:45pm	EMF case studies (30 mins)	Richard Findlay	Key examples demonstrating broad principles including   some responses and outcomes following an EMF risk assessment
  2:15pm	Comfort Break (10mins)
  2:25pm	Optical/laser equipment, regulations, guidance and risk assessment process (30 mins)	Lisbeth Yates	Equipment– (not an exclusive list), terminology and hazards, regulations, optical/laser risk assessment process; non-binding guidance and other sector related information, potential controls, indicated records and documentation, duty holders
  2:55pm	Optical/laser case studies (30 mins)	Angela Yeadon	Key examples demonstrating broad principles including some responses and outcomes following an optical/laser risk assessment
  3:25pm	Comfort Break
  3:35pm	Corporate issues, communication and training (30 mins)	David Rawlings	Radiation safety policy and delegation of health and safety duties, training records, incident reporting, sharing of best practice within the organisation, identifying and supporting workers at particular risk.
  4:05pm	Q+A (40 mins)	ALL
  4:45pm	Wash up and thanks (15 mins)	David Rawlings	To include suggestions for further learning/development (e.g. bibliography, courses, 3rd party support, certification, mentorship, membership of professional bodies, etc.)
  5:00pm	Meeting Close

  
  

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