IRS Offices
Unit 180,
Century Building,
Tower Street,
Liverpool,
L3 4BJ
Our course for Operators, Practitioners and others working with ionising radiations for the exposure of patients ensures that participants receive the necessary core of knowledge instruction in radiation protection in medical practice, supporting their role to act in any of these capacities.
The course content has been developed to meet requirements outlined in Regulation 17 and Schedule 3 of IR(ME)R 2017, as well as for training of operators and practitioners.
This is a two day course that will equip qualified radiographers with the underpinning theoretical knowledge and understanding necessary to operate under the remit of IR(ME)R.
Course Topics Include:
This course is charged at £535 (ex. VAT) per delegate, though we offer a discounted price of £485 (ex. VAT) per delegate to our RPA customers.
For more information about IRS’s RPA services, please visit our Sector Services page or, to speak to one of our team, please contact us here.
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9.15
Welcome and Introduction
09.30
Introduction Topics and Licensing System
10.15
Establishment of General Procedures, Protocols and QA Programmes
11.00
Case Study – Employer’s procedures
11.30
Break
11.45
Accidental & Unintended Exposures (including interactive discussion)
12.45
Discussion Session
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Justification of Exposures
14.30
Optimisation of Exposures and Estimates of Population Doses
15.00
Break
15.15
Diagnostic Reference Levels
15.45
IPEM Report 88 Overview
16.15
Discussion Session
16.30
Close
09.15
Day 1 Recap
09.30
The role of the MPE
10.00
Case Study – Local Diagnostic Reference Levels
10.30
Break
10.45
Notes on Establishing Pregnancy
11.15
Foetal Dose Assessments
11.45
Discussion Session
12.15
Lunch
13.15
Equipment QA and Inventory
13.45
Case Study – Equipment QA
14.15
Training Requirements under IRMER
14.45
Regulations 18-22
14.55
Break
15.15
CQC Inspection - What to expect during an inspection
15.45
Question & Answer Session/Feedback
16.15
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