| "Most of us health physicists spend our entire careers focusing on Ionizing Radiation Safety. Our work lives are submersed in Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, or another similar regulatory structure. Other than answering the common question about the safety of cell phones, we seldom cross that line into the non-ionizing radiofrequency (RF) realm.
This course will discuss why RF safety is important to health physicists, the regulatory (or non-regulatory) structure and how to apply the recent changes to IEEE C95.1, IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Fields, 0 Hz to 300 GHz. We will also discuss C95.7-2014, Recommended Practice for Radio Frequency Safety Programs. (2014) and establish how to set up a RF program.
This course will provide basic concepts and definitions of RF and microwave radiation, assist the student in identifying potential RF hazards, understand the potential biological effects of RF and microwave radiation; familiarize the student with basic safety precautions for working around RF or Microwave Radiation and understand the regulatory and consensus standards requirements and how to apply them in a work environment. We will also discuss the different types of antennas and associated hazards." |
