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X - Ray Rooms

north star

north star

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Does anyone on here have any experience with construction

of X-Ray Rooms?

I have an existing, small medical clinic and they are wanting to

install an X-Ray machine in to one of their rooms.....Two doors

in to the room, ...room is approx. 12-15 ft. x 12-15 ft.

A contractor has asked me about installing lead in the walls /

doors, etc....What about using 2 layers of 5/8" gyp. board.

Thanks!



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Depends on rads, how powerfull is the xray machine.

What is the wall construction?

Get the Manuf instal instructions.
 
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I do not currently have any info on the type & size of

planned equipment....The contractor is telling me that

the current wall construction is wood framed studs

with " XXX " layers of " XXX " thickness gyp. board.

I asked the contractor to obtain some more info

from the medical office liaison, on the equipment.

Not much to go on I know...

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No shielding systems should be undertaken without consulting a qualified radiation consultant or certified radiation physicist.
 
Had one go in recently......sheets of drywall with lead on the back. Every drywall screw was covered with a round piece of lead made for that purpose. And the door......made special with a lead insert. Then they figured out they needed more lead so as not to zap someone walking down a corridor adjacent to the x-ray room. As far as i know....

No innocent bystander has started glowing.
 
I had a new construction that included stainless steel rebar in the slab under where the xray room was.

They need to supply the MII's and all that other stuff.

sorry north star, I don't know if you are a RDP working for the client or not . . . assuming not, they need to get one.
 
I have done one, but not from the code or planning side....kinda like daywalker said, lead drywall, 800# lead doors, etc...not a fun day hanging....don't know exactly where the requirements come from....but they shouldn't be that hard to find....Public health maybe? Good luck!
 
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Thanks to everyone for the reponses!......I had no idea that there was

as much design considerations as there are.....Very enlightening!



Yankee,



No, I am not an RDP!.....I am but a lowly bldg. inspector / plans

examiner asking questions. :cool:



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in colorado an X-ray shielding analysis is performed according to the requirements of colo. dept. of health.

based on workload, occupancy rates,use factors, and typical x-ray tube output performance.

at plan review this is a requirement i place squarely on the designer.
 
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