Authorized User
| Various types, including: Bench Researcher (Type 1)*
PET Department staff/PET Imaging (Type 7) Cyclotron Facility Employee (Type 16) Nuclear Medicine Department employee (Type 23) PET Radiochemistry (Type 24) Animal Researcher (Type 30)
| Users involved in handling radionuclides in unsealed forms, including at the benchtop, in clinical and animal research and imaging, Cyclotron Facility, PET Radiochemistry, and Nuclear Medicine
| Radiation Safety for Authorized Users (RSAU)
*Radiation Safety in the Laboratory or equivalent training from another institution is a prerequisite for the RSAU.
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Researcher handling nuclides on the benchtop in unsealed forms
| Bench Researcher
(User Type 1) | Users involved in handling radionuclides at the benchtop in unsealed forms
| Please register with DRS for training.
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PET Department staff/PET Imaging/Nuclear Medicine Department
| PET Department staff/PET Imaging (User Type 7)
| Users involved in clinical and animal PET imaging, including radiopharmaceutical preparation – drawing, assaying, and administration - but not synthesis of compounds
| Please register with DRS for training
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Nuclear Medicine Department employee (User Type 23)
| Users compounding, drawing, assaying, and/or administering radiopharmaceuticals in the NIH Nuclear Medicine Department for the purposes of imaging
| Please register with DRS for training
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| PET Radiochemistry | PET Radiochemistry
(User Type 24)
| Researchers directly involved in the synthesis of radiolabeled compounds for PET imaging, including radiolabeling, evaporations, chemical reactions, purifications, and other techniques.
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Please register with DRS for training
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Patient Care other than x-ray use (e.g. OR, PCU, Radionuclide therapy, Nurses)
| I-131 Inpatient Therapy
(User Type 3)
| Clinical or research staff involved in caring for I-131 radiation therapy patients
| Please register with DRS for training
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Lu-177 Therapy (User Type 3)
| Clinical or research staff involved in caring for Lu-177 radiation therapy patients
| Please register with DRS for training
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Ra-223 (User Type 3)
| Clinical or research staff involved in caring for Ra-223 radiation therapy patients
| Please register with DRS for training |
Clinical Pathology or patient specimen functions
| Clinical Pathology or patient specimen functions
(User Type 21)
| Clinical or research staff collecting, receiving, analyzing, and/or disposing samples of patient tissue, urine, blood, or body fluid which may contain small amounts of radioactivity
| Please register with DRS for training
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Cyclotron Facility employee
| Cyclotron Facility Employee (User Type 16)
| Staff permanently assigned in the Cyclotron Facility, including cyclotron engineers and radiochemists
| Please register with DRS for training
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Animal Handler
| Animal Researcher
(User Type 30)
| Users directly involved in the use of radiation or radioactive material in animal research and imaging, including veterinary support
| Please register with DRS for training
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Animal Care Giver
(User Type 31)
| Animal facility staff involved in radioactive animal care, including general husbandry and housing/cleaning
| Please register with DRS for training |
X-ray User
| X-ray machines including portable CT and Fluoroscopy units for animals or patients (User Type 6)
| Users of X-ray machines including portable CT and Flouroscopy units
| Please register with DRS for training
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X-ray irradiators, X-ray diffraction or Cabinet X-ray work (User Type 8)
| Users of cabinet x-ray irradiators (Rad Source, Precision, Faxitron), x-ray diffraction, or cabinet x-ray equipment
| Please register with DRS for training
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Open Beam analytical X-Ray (User Type 32)
| Users of Open Beam X-ray equipment
| Please register with DRS for training
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Therapy Machines
(User Type 27)
| Users of X-ray therapy machines
| Please register with DRS for training |
Emergency Response Personnel
| Police or Security
(User Type 18)
| Police or Security
| Please register with DRS for training
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Fire Department/Firefighter (User Type 19)
| Fire Department/Firefighter
| Please register with DRS for training |
HDR/Brachytherapy
| HDR/Brachytherapy
(User Type 33)
| HDR/Brachytherapy
| Please register with DRS for training
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Facility Maintenance or other entity who will access radioactive use area
| Facility Maintenance
(User Type 10)
| Workers who access areas where radiation or radioactive material may be present and may need to come in contact with it
| Please register with DRS for training
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Clinical Protocol Navigator
| Clinical Protocol Navigator (User Type 34)
| Member of a clinical protocol team assisting research staff in navigating requirements for protocol approval through the NIH Radiation Safety Committee; serves as the point of contact for PIs; provides assistance in completing protocol lifecycle requirements, amendments, triennial reviews, and stipulations
| Please register with DRS for training
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Observer
| Observer (User Type 25)
| Observing radioactive work or having access/proximity to others’ radioactive work (but not directly handling any type of radioactivity)
| Please register with DRS for training
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Other
| Other User Types
| Work description not matching any of the above
| Please register with DRS for training
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