Thermo Scientific DCS4 Manual page 82

Glossary of Terms
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
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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)
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