Equipment: general duties of the employerI115
1
An employer who has control over any equipment must—
a
implement and maintain a quality assurance programme in respect of that equipment which must as a minimum permit—
i
the assessment of the dose of ionising radiation that a person may be exposed to from an exposure to which these Regulations apply, by way of the ordinary operation of that equipment; and
ii
the administered activity to be verified;
b
draw up, keep up-to-date and preserve at each radiological installation an inventory of equipment at that installation and, when so requested, must provide it to the relevant enforcing authority.
2
The inventory referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must contain the following information—
a
name of manufacturer;
b
model number;
c
serial number or other unique identifier;
d
year of manufacture; and
e
year of installation.
3
An employer must undertake adequate—
a
testing of any equipment before it is first used for a medical radiological purpose;
b
performance testing at regular intervals;
c
performance testing following a maintenance procedure which is capable of affecting the equipment’s performance.
4
A person must not use fluoroscopy equipment unless that equipment features—
a
a device to control automatically the dose rate; or
b
an image intensifier or equivalent device.
5
Equipment used for interventional radiology and computed tomography must have a device or other feature capable of informing the practitioner, at the end of an exposure of relevant parameters for assessing the patient dose.
6
An employer must—
a
put in place any measures necessary to improve inadequate or defective performance of equipment;
b
specify acceptable performance criteria for equipment; and
c
specify what corrective action is necessary when, following the application of any criteria specified under paragraph (b), equipment is ascertained to be defective; such corrective action may include taking the equipment out of service.