Question

list the safety rules that should be followed by the healthcare personnel to avoid dangerous effect of x-ray

Answer 1

Safety Procedures

All users of the Small Molecule Crystallography Lab instrument must first become authorized users by completing the requirements of the OU Radiation Safety Office. In addition, users must follow these additional rules.

• Know the expected path of the main X-ray beam. Always keep all parts of your body outside of this path.

• Whenever possible, keep the safety doors to the instrument closed and latched.

• No unauthorized personnel may defeat or override any safety feature on the X-ray generators, the safety enclosures, or the goniometers including the collimators, tube shields, and shutters without the permission of the lab manager and the OU Radiation Safety Office.

• No user may employ any power or hand tool on any part of the goniometer, detector, or low temperature device without express approval from the lab manager.

• The single exception to this rule involves the use of specific wrenches to adjust the goniometer head to position the sample in the center of the goniometer.