Employers must tell us about accidental or unintended exposures to ionising radiation judged to be ‘significant’ or ‘clinically significant’.
How to report an incident to us
When there is an accidental or unintended exposure to ionising radiation, and you as the IR(ME)R employer knows or thinks that it is significant, you must investigate as soon as possible and report it to us using our online notification portal:
Report accidental or unintended exposures to ionising radiation
We have created a guidance document to support incident reporting:
How to upload an IR(ME)R notification
When to report an incident
You can find detailed information on assessing the criteria for notification below:
Significant Accidental Unintended Exposure: Criteria for making a notification
Getting access to our online portal
New users
To get access the portal you should email your name, job title, organisation and email address to hcis.irmer@nhs.scot
You will then be emailed with instructions on how to set up your own password.
Current users
Our online reporting portal has been updated. The first time you log in, you will be asked to “Sign up” and set up a new password – although your details are already registered with us, your password has not been transferred over. You will not be able to access the portal until you complete this step.
You will not have access to any notification submitted before the launch on our updated portal, 4 October 2022.
If you have a final report for a previous notification, please email the team at his.irmer@nhs.scot with your final report.