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Acknowledgements
This revised Code is based on a comprehensive document supplied under tender from the Haughton Institute.
The Code was drafted by members of the Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, St James’s
Hospital, Dublin. The text was reviewed and edited by the RPII in liaison with the principle contributors from
St. James’s Hospital.
Contributors:
St James’s Hospital, Dublin:
Professor Jim Malone (also Trinity College, Dublin), Ms Anita Dowling,
Dr Geraldine O’Reilly, Ms Una O’Connor, Ms Aoife Gallagher and Dr Noirin Sheahan.
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland:
Dr Stephen Fennell, Mr Dermot Howett, Dr Tom Ryan, Mr Christopher Hone,
Ms Tanya Kenny and Ms Noeleen Cunningham.
The RPII wishes to thank the Radiation Protection Advisers, the Irish Institute of Radiography and Radiation
Therapy, the Association of Physical Scientists in Medicine and the Irish Dental Association for the valuable
comments received on the first draft of this Code. The review by, and comments received from, the members
of the RPII’s Medical Radiation Advisory Committee on the final draft is also gratefully acknowledged.
An appreciation is also extended to the RPII staff who assisted in various ways to the completion of this
project – Mr David Dawson, Ms Catherine McCarron, Ms Marie Kelly, and Ms Clare Mander.
Finally, the RPII is grateful to St James’s Hospital, Mater Private Hospital and Connolly Hospital for allowing
photographs of locations within their hospitals to be used, to Wardray Premise Ltd for providing additional
photographs, and to Cork University Hospital for providing a design for a radiation warning sign.
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