Table of Contents

Foreword<br>Introduction<br>1 Scope<br>2 Terms and definitions<br>3 Dicentric assay<br>4 Responsibility of the customer<br>5 Responsibility of the service laboratory<br>6 Confidentiality of personal information.<br>7 Laboratory safety requirements<br>8 Calibration curve(s)<br>9 Scoring unstable chromosome aberrations<br>10 Criteria for converting a measured<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;aberration frequency into an estimate of<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;absorbed dose<br>11 Reporting of results<br>12 Quality assurance and quality control<br>Annex A (informative) - Sample instructions for customer<br>Annex B (informative) - Sample questionnaire<br>Annex C (informative) - Sample of report<br>Annex D (informative) - Fitting of the low-LET<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;dose-response curve by the method of maximum<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;likelihood and calculating the error of dose estimate<br>Annex E (informative) - Odds ratio method for cases<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of suspected exposure to a low dose<br>Annex F (informative) - Sample data sheet for<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;recording aberrations<br>Bibliography

Abstract

Gives criteria for quality assurance and quality control, evaluation of the performance, and the accreditation of biological dosimetry by cytogenetic service laboratories.

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Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	British Standards Institution
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Committee	NCE/2