New Radioactive Materials Agreement

June 2, 2005
Subject: New policy on acquistion of radioactive materials

Effective immediately, all radioactive materials used for research are being delivered directly to the Radiation Safety Office (MSBG58, opposite the Student Cafeteria). Packages will no longer be delivered directly to labs or held in the Receiving Department. The Radiation Safety Office will notify you when the package arrives and we will ask you to arrange to pick it up. Radiation Safety will perform the package wipe check, so your lab will no longer be required to do this. This will help compensate you for the time taken to pick up the package and it will ensure that this check is completed within 3 hours after receipt as required by regulations.

The intent of this new procedure is to ensure that the Radiation Safety Office has knowledge of all incoming shipments; that they are consistent with the conditions of the license and your permit, that they are handled in a secure manner; and that they are checked for contamination within the time-frame required by regulations. This new procedure is similar to one used at other major institutions in the City and beyond. It should result in faster receipt of urgent items if you pick them up promptly.

Please contact the Radiation Safety Office if you are expecting a radioactive package - you should not contact the Receiving Department. This will expedite matters because the contact information available on most packages is often incomplete.

This procedure is authorized under a new policy that is available on the Radiation Safety website:

http://www.med.nyu.edu/radsafety/assets/purchase.pdf

If you have questions please contact my office. Contact information is
available on our website:

http://www.med.nyu.edu/radsafety/contact/

Chris. Marshall
Professor of Radiology
Director of Radiation Safety
NYU/ NYU Medical Center