The agency [Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)] returned a telephone call at 5 p.m. [on 01/09/07] to the licensee, in regards to a voicemail the licensee's
RSO left on another program's telephone. The personnel answering the telephone at the facility stated the
RSO had just left for the day & gave [the state] partial information that the facility had received the personnel monitoring report for 11/10/06-12/06/06 that showed a radiographer's dose to be 697,408 (mR) -Deep dose. The employee stated that the monitoring processing company was going to repeat the tests again to confirm the dose. The licensee was waiting to hear from DSHS/Radiation Control (RC) on 1/09/07, to decide what to do. They were not sure if they should do blood work, etc.
DSHS/RC advised the employee to 1) Have the RSO call DSHS/RC Incident Investigation (IIP) personnel first thing in the morning on 1/10/07; 2) Have the RSO perform an inquiry with the radiographer to assess the events during the monitoring period in question; 3) Have the RSO look at personnel monitoring records for co-workers on the same job(s) as the radiographer under review to compare their dosage during this time period; 4) Have RSO check utilization logs during this period to assess what specific equipment was used & the job details; 5) DSHS/RC requested a fax copy of the personnel monitoring report [Deleted]. The employee agreed to comply. DSHS/RC will follow-up first thing 1/10/07 with the licensee's RSO to obtain complete information. Additional clarification/corrective information may be submitted by DSHS/RC after interview with licensee's RSO. "
Texas Incident number: I-8383