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    The document provides guidelines for laying out rooms in an X-ray installation. It specifies that X-ray rooms should be located away from areas of high occupancy and have sufficient shielding of walls and doors. The layout should minimize doors and prevent the primary X-ray beam from being directed at occupied areas. X-ray rooms must be a minimum size and house no more than one unit. Appropriate shielding of walls, doors, ceilings and floors is also required to minimize worker and public doses.

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    The document provides guidelines for laying out rooms in an X-ray installation. It specifies that X-ray rooms should be located away from areas of high occupancy and have sufficient shielding of walls and doors. The layout should minimize doors and prevent the primary X-ray beam from being directed at occupied areas. X-ray rooms must be a minimum size and house no more than one unit. Appropriate shielding of walls, doors, ceilings and floors is also required to minimize worker and public doses.

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    The document provides guidelines for laying out rooms in an X-ray installation. It specifies that X-ray rooms should be located away from areas of high occupancy and have sufficient shielding of walls and doors. The layout should minimize doors and prevent the primary X-ray beam from being directed at occupied areas. X-ray rooms must be a minimum size and house no more than one unit. Appropriate shielding of walls, doors, ceilings and floors is also required to minimize worker and public doses.

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    X Ray Room

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    The document provides guidelines for laying out rooms in an X-ray installation. It specifies that X-ray rooms should be located away from areas of high occupancy and have sufficient shielding of walls and doors. The layout should minimize doors and prevent the primary X-ray beam from being directed at occupied areas. X-ray rooms must be a minimum size and house no more than one unit. Appropriate shielding of walls, doors, ceilings and floors is also required to minimize worker and public doses.

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    ROOM LAYOUT FOR AN X-RAY INSTALLATION

    Location of X-Ray Installation:


    Rooms housing diagnostic X-ray units and related equipment shall be located as far away as feasible from
    areas of high occupancy and general traffic, such as maternity and paediatric wards and other departments
    of the hospital that are not directly related to radiation and its use. In case the installation is located in a
    residential complex, it shall be ensured that (i) wall(s) of the X-ray rooms on which primary X-ray beam
    falls is (are) not less than 35 cm thick brick or equivalent, (ii) walls(s) of the X-ray room on which scattered
    X-ray fall is (are) not less than 23 cm thick brick or equivalent, and (iii) there is a shielding equivalent to at
    least 23 cm thick brick or 1.7 mm lead in front of the door(s) and windows of the X-ray room to protect the
    adjacent areas, either used by general public or not under possession of the owner of the X-ray room.

    Layout
    The layout of rooms in an X-ray installation shall be such that the number of doors for entry to the X-ray
    rooms shall be kept to the minimum. The unit shall be so located that it shall not be possible to direct the
    primary X-ray beam towards dark room, door, windows, and control panel, or areas of high occupancy.

    Room Size
    The room housing an X-ray unit shall be not less than 18 m2 for general purpose radiography and
    conventional fluoroscopy equipment. The size of room housing the gantry of the CT unit shall not be less
    than 25 m2. Also, not more than one unit of any type shall be installed in the same room, and no single
    dimension of these X-ray rooms shall be less than 4 m.

    Shielding
    Appropriate structural shielding shall be provided for walls, doors, ceiling and floor of the room housing
    the X-ray unit so that doses received by workers and the members of public are kept to the minimum and
    shall not exceed the respective annual effective doses as prescribed by the competent authority. Appropriate
    shielding shall also be provided for the dark room to ensure that the undeveloped X-ray films are not
    exposed to more than 10 µ Gy per week.

    Openings and Ventilation


    Unshielded openings in an X-ray room for ventilation or natural light shall be located above a height of 2 m
    from the finished floor level outside the X-ray room.

    Illumination Control
    Rooms housing fluoroscopy equipment shall be so designed that adequate darkness can be achieved
    conveniently, when desired, in the room.

    Control Panel
    The control panel of diagnostic X-ray equipment operating at 125 kVp or above shall be installed in a
    separate room located outside but contiguous to the X-ray room and provided with appropriate shielding,
    direct viewing and oral communication facilities between the operator and the patient. In case of X-ray
    equipment operating up to 125 kVp, the control panel can be located in the X-ray room. The distance
    between control panel and X-ray unit/chest stand shall be not less than 3 m for general purpose fixed X-ray
    equipment.

    Waiting Areas
    Patient waiting areas shall be provided outside the X-ray room.

    Warning Light and Placard


    A suitable warning signal such as red light shall be provided at a conspicuous place outside the X-ray room
    and kept “ON” when the unit is in use to warn persons not connected with the particular examination from
    entering the room. An appropriate warning placard as indicated in

    Dark Room
    The dark room shall be located adjacent to the X-ray room such that no primary or secondary X-rays reach
    inside the dark room.

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