NF M60-527:2015 PDF

Scope: This International Standard covers:a) confidentiality of personal information for the applicant and the laboratory;b) laboratory security requirements;c) radiation sources, dose rates and ranges used to establis dose curves - reference calibration effect which makes it possible to estimate the doses from the results of the CBMN test, as well as the minimum detectable dose; d) blood sampling, culturing, collection of cells after culture and sample preparation for CBMN testing;e) enumeration criteria;f) conversion of micronucleus frequency in binucleate cells to absorbed dose estimate;g) presentation of results;h) assurance and control quality;i) informative annexes containing examples of questionnaire, instructions for use, microscopic enumeration table and report, as well as a summary of the advantages and limitations of the automated systems currently available for the enumeration of micronuclei.

NF M60-527:2015 history

2015 NF M60-527:2015 Radiation Protection - Performance criteria for laboratories using the cytokinesis block micronucleus (CBMN) assay in peripheral blood lymphocytes for biological dosimetry