CPM Counts Per Minute Declared pregnant woman means a woman who has voluntarily informed her employer, in writing, of her pregnancy and the estimated date of conception. Decontamination is the reduction or removal of radioactive material from a structure, area, object, or person. Decontamination may be accomplished by treating the area to remove or reduce contamination or by allowing the radioactive material to decay. EDS Eating, Drinking, or Smoking Exposure means being exposed to ionizing radiation or to radioactive material. External dose means that portion of the dose equivalent received from radiation sources outside the body.
Extremity means hand, elbow, arm below the elbow, foot, knee, or leg below the knee.
Film badge is a pack of photographic film used for approximate measurement of radiation exposure for personnel monitoring purposes. IRB Institutional Review Board Internal dose means that portion of the dose equivalent received from radioactive material taken into the body. Lost or missing licensed material means licensed material whose location is unknown. It includes material that has been shipped but has not reached its destination and whose location cannot be readily traced in the transportation system. Member of the public means any individual except when that individual is receiving an occupational dose.