Radiation Emergency Call List

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

The Radiation Health Section  - HDWA

Please contact Radiation Safety personnel, in the following order, at any time.

Always call the Hospital Switchboard first - 9346 3333.

The Switchboard maintains a current list of relevant personnel and their whereabouts (including University staff with whom we collaborate to provide an emergency service) and a priority order for calling them.

Distribution:

SCGH Switchboard

Nuclear Medicine Department

Radiology Department

Occupational Health & Safety Department

SCGH Radiation Safety Committee

Ward G74

Radiation Health Section, Health Department WA

Nursing Co-Director, Gastro-Renal CSU

On-call Staff

Manager, Medical Technology Services

MTP Reception & Noticeboard

MTP Secretary's Office

RS Documentation Manual - Reference File, Room G.4.7

RS Documentation Manual - Snr Radiation Physicist’s

Office, Room G.1.8.

Safety and Health, UWA

RADIATION EMERGENCY CALL LIST for EXTERNAL RADIATION EMERGENCIES

1. For radiation emergencies occurring within the University of Western Australia and also the Waste Store, H block, in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

2. Ring the following numbers, in order:

Physicist

Office hours

After Hrs

Mr J Thwaites

6488 7932

6488 2222

Mr M Rafferty

6488 2307

6488 2222

Safety and Health, UWA

6488 3938

6488 2222

For radiation emergencies occurring outside of

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and the University of Western Australia.

Also radiation emergencies involving

the Waste Store, U block, in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

1. During office hours ring the Radiation Health Section on extension 4362.

2. After hours ring the following numbers, in order:

Physicist

Phone Number

Mrs Mary Aerts

9346 3333

Duncan Surin

9346 3333

Leif Dahlskog

9346 3333

Hazel Upton

9346 3333

There are two waste stores in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

which are not controlled by the Hospital.

Waste Store

Phone Number

Waste Store H Block SCGH

University of Western Australia.

Waste Store U Block SCGH

External Radiation Emergencies.