Long-term Consequences: Personal Safety

Recommendations about exposure are:

• At 0.1 mGy/h, personnel can enter and give life-saving or time-critical treatment
• At >0.1 mGy/h, exposure is life-threatening so personnel should not proceed
• All staff dealing with contaminated patients should wear protective clothing and carry a personal radiation meter 

All staff dealing with contaminated patients should wear protective clothing and carry a personal radiation meter.