Glossary of Terms
Issue: 1.78
10-2 A Guide to Using DCS4 Access Control Workstation
Thermo Fisher Scientific
The internal identity number by which the
Dose Control System
identifies records for an individual. This allows a worker to
change their
PIN
and even their name without the system losing
track of them.
May also be referred to as DBS ID or Person ID.
Database Administrator
See
Database ID
Dose Control System
Deep Dose Equivalence
Data Definition Language
See
Penetrating Dose (Hp10)
The normal
Dose Credit
for an individual or group; these
automatically replace the current
Dose Credit
every month
when the
Monthly Update
is run.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Dose In Hand
Dose Management System - Thermo Product name
Date of Birth.
The amount of ionising radiation received by an individual.
Any change to the records of the actual
Dose
received by a
worker
The complete hardware and software of the system supplied by
Thermo
. For measuring and recording radiation doses and
controlling access to the
Radiologically Controlled Area
.
A consistent set of limits for the maximum total
Penetrating
Dose
that a worker may receive in given periods. A Dose
Credit comprises a Monthly Credit for the current calendar
month, a Yearly Credit for the current calendar year and a Five
Yearly Credit for the current year plus the previous four years.
The mode in which an
Access Control Terminal
displays the
dose received by an individual in their last visit, in the current
month and in the current year.
The least value of the
Dose Credit
minus the actual dose
received in each of the measuring periods (this month, this
year, last five years); i.e., the remaining dose the worker is
permitted to receive.
The rate at which an individual receives ionising radiation. The
EPD
measures Dose Rate. See
Alarm Threshold
See
EPD (Electronic Personal Dosemeter)
Database ID
DBA
DBS ID
DCS
DDE
DDL
Deep Dose
Default Dose Credit
DHCP
DIH
DMS
DOB
Dose
Dose Amendment
Dose Control System
(DCS)
Dose Credit
Dose Display
Dose in Hand
Dose Rate
Dosemeter
