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(iv) Simplification in Registration of Dental (v) Awareness on Proper Storage of TLD
X-ray Equipment
Personnel Monitoring Service (TLD Badges) are
The module for processing applications for Licence used to monitor radiation doses received by personnel
(in the form of Registration) for operation of Dental X-ray working in radiation facilities. Many cases of Excessive
equipment has been simplified and made functional Exposure to operators (e.g. X-ray technologists, medical
in AERB’s e-LORA system. Now, the Registration for practitioners) working in diagnostic X-ray facilities are
operation of dental X-ray equipment manufactured reported to AERB. During review of these cases, one
in India can be obtained in two steps and equipment of the common observation for these exposures is the
manufactured abroad can be obtained in three steps TLD badges left/ stored inside X-ray room is resulting in
process. Also, validity of Registration Certificate of all non-genuine excessive exposures. In order to minimise
types of dental X-ray equipment has been extended such non-genuine excessive exposure cases, AERB has
from existing five years to ten years. prepared an informative poster on proper storage of the
TLD badges and circulated to all the X-ray facilities.

Awareness Posters on Proper Storage of TLD

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