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Why A Dosimetry Badge?

Here at CHP Dosimetry, we specialize in measuring ionizing radiation dose. To do this we use what is commonly called by several names. These names include dosimetry badge, radiation badge, radiation dosimeter, or film badge (even though film is rarely used these days). The badges we offer from our service measure ionizing radiation. What this […]

Health Physics Society Annual Meeting

Hi Everyone. I hope this post finds you well. It was great to go down to Orlando to this years HPS Annual meeting. I got to see a lot of the same folks I have known for over 27 years at this meeting, even running into a couple of my old Professors. I wore my […]

Using Dose Weighting To Reduce Your Reported Dose From X-ray Exposure

The default method of measuring radiation exposure is to be as conservative as possible. What this means is that we make assumptions that error on the side of overestimating the dose. Dosimeters are used in a way that measures the highest dose point on an individual and assign that dose to the whole person. This […]

Referral Fees!

Some of you may know we offer referral fees. In 2018 we paid out nearly $3000.00! We figure that almost anyone can generate up to $1000 in referral fees for themselves, as a discount on the services they get, or for a favorite charity. Here at CHP Dosimetry we pride ourselves on the value we […]

Emergency reading of your dosimeters

Greetings All, Hopefully you never need this service, but it is good to know Emergency Reads are available. Be aware that if you were using an Instadose or Instadose Plus, you could just read the dosimeter yourself with no delays and no fee! We have three options for our emergency reads. Option #1- 24 hour […]

Rob at the Health Physics Society Midyear meeting

Once again, I had to endure travelling to the HPS Midyear and represent CHP Dosimetry and CHP Consultants. This time it was to FREEZING San Diego! Where it was colder in the morning than back in TN. But it certainly did warm up. It was good to see all my longtime friends in the Health […]

CHP Dosimetry and CHP Consultants at the USA Science and Engineering Festival

CHP Dosimetry and CHP Consultants had a booth last month at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, DC. This year we had a booth and discussed radiation dosimetry from natural sources of radiation. Instruments were provided by CHP Consultants to measure radiation background. We had a can of salt substitute that contains Potassium-40 […]

Just back from Denver at the HPS Midyear

Hi everyone. It was great to see a lot of familiar faces at the HPS midyear. In addition to catching up, we were able to show off our new Counts.Pro radiation measurement recording system. Counts.Pro connects your radiation meter output to your cell phone, turning your radiation meter into a GPS and cloud connected data […]

Happy New Year! Time to think about Instadose?

Hi Everyone, We hope you are having a great new year. Is it time to consider Instadose? Many of you have felt the sting of late badge fees. We hate them too. We have to pay the lab AND bear the bad news. Fortunately there is a silver lining. For those of you who have […]

Change out July radiation badges

Hi Everyone. I hope you are enjoying the beginning of fall. Please make sure that you exchange out your July radiation badges when the 4th quarter ones arrive. They should get there at least a few days ahead of your wear period. You don’t have to wait on the date of the badges, you can […]