Users Manual Part 1

Clinical User’s Guide IBA | 3-1 |
Volume 1 - Treatment Session
Chapter 3
Emergency Procedures in Case of
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Irradiation Hazard
IBA has taken precautions to make the PTS as failsafe as possible. However,
conditions may exist that cannot be foreseen, either due to human error or because
of equipment failure. Any such condition may lead to irradiation incidents or near
irradiation incidents.
IBA wants all staff on site to be informed about such incidents as well as be prepared
and trained to face such incidents. Therefore, the following irradiation emergency
procedures have been developed.
We strongly advise you to communicate these procedures to all members of your
staff, and provide training on these procedures regularly.
Emergency procedures have been developed for the following situations:
 A Patient is in the Treatment Room and the Beam Fails to Stop when Requested
 Staff are Present in a Secured Area
 To be Present in a Location Susceptible to Irradiation While Beam is On or Room
is Secured
WARNING In case the system does not behave as expected when trying to stop an
operation (if releasing the motion enable button does not stop a
movement or if the beam pause function does not stop the beam as
requested), push an emergency stop button.