Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-740 - Additional Requirements for Mobile Remote Afterloader Units
A. A licensee
providing mobile remote afterloader service shall:
1. Check survey instruments before medical
use at each address of use or on each day of use, whichever is more frequent;
and
2. Account for all sources
before departure from a client's address of use.
B. In addition to the periodic spot-checks
required by R9-7-738, a licensee authorized to use mobile afterloaders for
medical use shall perform checks on each remote afterloader unit before use at
each address of use. At a minimum, checks shall be made to verify the operation
of:
1. Electrical interlocks on treatment area
access points;
2. Source exposure
indicator lights on the remote after-loader unit, on the control console, and
in the facility;
3. Viewing and
intercom systems;
4. Applicators,
source transfer tubes, and transfer tube-applicator interfaces;
5. Radiation monitors used to indicate room
exposures;
6. Source positioning
(accuracy); and
7. Radiation
monitors used to indicate whether the source has returned to a safe shielded
position.
C. In addition
to the requirements for checks in subsection (B), a licensee shall ensure
overall proper operation of the remote afterloader unit by conducting a
simulated cycle of treatment before use at each address of use.
D. If the results of the checks required in
subsection (B) indicate the malfunction of any system, a licensee shall lock
the control console in the off position and not use the unit except as may be
necessary to repair, replace, or check the malfunctioning system.
E. A licensee shall retain a record of each
check required by subsection (B) for three years from the date of the
procedure.
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