(1) For any administration requiring a written directive, the licensee shall develop, implement, and maintain written procedures to provide high confidence that:
(a) The patient's or human research subject's identity is verified before each administration; and
(b) Each administration is in accordance with the written directive.
(2) At a minimum, the procedures required by subsection (1) of this section must address the following items that are applicable to the licensee's use of radioactive material:
(a) Verifying the identity of the patient or human research subject;
(b) Verifying that the administration is in accordance with the treatment plan, if applicable, and the written directive;
(c) Checking both manual and computer-generated dose calculations; and
(d) Verifying that any computer-generated dose calculations are correctly transferred into the consoles of therapeutic medical units authorized by WAC
246-240-351.
(3) A licensee shall retain a copy of the procedures required under subsection (1) of this section in accordance with WAC
246-240-560.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
70.98.050. WSR 06-05-019, § 246-240-063, filed 2/6/06, effective 3/9/06.]