Violation of TRCR 11.4

Records documenting the receipt of all licensed sources of radiation were not maintained for inspection by the Agency.

Nuclear Medicine Violation - Tyler Office - 2nd quarter 1997

Violation of TRCR 11.7(d)

Records of required leak testing were insufficient to verify that sealed sources of radioactive material were leak tested at intervals not to exceed six months.

Mammography Violations Arlington 4th quarter 1996

The registrant failed to utilize technique settings as used for clinical images of a 50 percent adipose/50 percent glandular 4.5 centimeter compressed breast when performing the image quality test, in violation of TRCR 37.20(a)(13). Patients were performed at 25 kVp; Phantom images were performed at 26 kVp.

Mammography Violations Arlington 4th quarter 1996

The registrant failed to perform the following quality control items at correct time intervals, inviolation of TRCR 37.10(a)(2): 37.10(a)(2)(iv) image quality evaluation with phantom - monthly

Mammography Violations Arlington 4th quarter 1996

The registrant failed to cease performing mammograms with the mammographic unit when the analysis of quality control tests for phantom images indicated the limits in TRCR 37.20(a)(12) were exceeded.

Mammography Violations Arlington 4th quarter 1996

The Medical Physicist failed to utilize identical technique settings as used for clinical images of a 50 percent adipose/50 percent glandular 4.5 centimeter compressed breast when performing image quality evaluation, in violation of TRCR 37.10(c)(3)(i). The facility used 25 kVp and the Medical Physicist used 26 kVp.

Mammography Violations Arlington 4th quarter 1996

The supervising physician failed to perform the following in violation of TRCR 37.10(c)(1): (vi) review the technologists’ quality control test results quarterly and review the physicists’ results annually.

Mammography Violations Arlington 4th quarter 1996

The registrant failed to maintain the compressed breast thickness and kVp for each clinical image, in violation of TRCR 37.10(a)(6)(ii).