HIS-20 System Operation Course

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Prerequisites: None.

Purpose: The purpose of this ten-day course is to introduce the HIS-20 systems user to the HIS-20 systems and application software.

Description:
This course is intended for students with little or no previous experience with HIS-20 systems. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the use of the HIS-20 systems and its application software.

This course introduces students to the Survey Data Management (SDM), internal/external dosimetry, Radiation Work Permit (RWP), Access Control (AC), radiological incident reporting, equipment inventory and issue, and personnel information software applications that run on the HIS-20 systems.

Note: Due to the modular nature of HIS-20 and the specialization of tasks on a departmental basis at most
user sites, portions of this course can be omitted to customize the course to the needs of a particular
department or set of personnel. It is recommended that trainers and on-site support personnel attend
the course in its entirety.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to use HIS-20 systems to enter data and generate reports for managing survey data; internal and external dosimetry; radiation work permits; access control; radiological incident reporting; equipment inventory and issue; and personnel information. 

Course Content:

1. Introduction to HIS-20 Systems

• Overview of system architecture
• The software components of HIS-20
  • HIS-20 user interface
• Maintain ALARA budgets

2. Personnel Information

• Demographic data
• Maintain training/qualifications
• Assign exposure limits
• Maintain exposure records
  • Terminate employees
• 10CFR20 reports

3. Survey Data Management

• Maintain radiation surveys
• Maintain air and survey samples
• Enter air samples from CAS
  • Review DAC history by RWP
• Maintain hot spot logbook

4. Internal Dosimetry

• Add bioassay data
• Edit/calculate bioassay dose values
• Add air sample exposure
  • Edit/calculate air intake values
• Dose to fetus

5. External Dosimetry

• Maintain dosimetry process ID records
• Edit/update dosimetry results
• Control/maintain multibadge packs

6. Radiation Work Permits (RWP)

• Initiate RWP requests
• Maintain RWP information and logbook
• Pre-job briefing information
• Maintain ALARA budgets
• Estimate exposures

7. Access Control (AC)

• Perform access control processing
• Maintain access control records
• Maintain historical access records
• Maintain access control logbook
• Maintain RCA exclusions

8. Radiological Incident Reporting

• Maintain RIR records
• Perform skin dose calculations

9. Equipment Inventory and Issue

• Record device issuance/maintenance
• Maintain source information
• Record source maintenance
• Record test results
• Respirators

10. Standard HIS-20 reports

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