Radiation Safety

The Office of Radiation Safety (ORS) supports the safety culture of LLUH by providing policies, procedures, controls, and services to maintain radiation exposure to staff, visitors, and patients As Low As Reasonably Achievable. A comprehensive Radiation Safety Program has been implemented with the goal of ensuring compliance with applicable Federal, State, and accreditation requirements. To help achieve this goal, ORS facilitates the safe use of radiation sources in medicine, research, and education by providing relevant professional and technical support in both ionizing and non-ionizing radiation areas.

In Case of Radiation Emergency

Call the Security Control Center at x44320 or 911 and request that Radiation Safety be paged.

For questions about Nuclear Medicine patients, contact Nuclear Medicine or call the hospital operator and request the nuclear medicine technologist on call.

For questions about Radiation Medicine patients, contact the Department of Radiation Medicine or call the hospital operator and request the Radiation Medicine representative on call.

For Radioactive Waste Pick-ups

Call ORS at extension 14003 and choose option “2”. Leave a message with your name, extension, and the location of the waste. ORS staff are not available for radioactive waste pick-ups after hours or on weekends; a team member will contact you on the next business day.