Radiation exposure is a health risk in a variety of work settings, so several companies over the decades have developed monitoring tools and Radiation Alert® Software that goes with them. Modern detectors and monitors tend to be designed to export data for analysis and reporting. Radiation Alert® Software is an example of the custom tools available to industries where radiation monitoring and radiation protection are important. And, those things are important in a variety of businesses in industrial, research, education, public safety, and healthcare for a few reasons.
About Radiation Alert® Software
Radiation Alert® Software offers five pieces of software for monitoring and reporting radiation levels. The operational details vary but the software generally allows a user to import radiation exposure data. Users can export files, analyze data, do a trend analysis, or compare one area to another using common tools like Microsoft Excel. Some radiation monitoring software will even have built-in graphing or a similar means for understanding trends. A variety of Radiation Alert® devices use the company’s software.
Radiation Alert®  Software Devices
This internationally-known producer of radiation protection equipment makes a variety of devices, including personal dosimeters, area radiation monitors, and Geiger-Muller radiation detectors. Many of the devices record data for export to software on a laptop, desktop, or mobile device. Devices that serve security, health, and safety needs for a variety of industries are on the market now. These devices are tailored to detect certain types of radiation at certain levels. These variable features are important because radiation monitoring requirements vary.
Industries
Radioactive substances have a vast range of uses in manufacturing, healthcare, research, national defense, and other sectors. Those myriad applications create risks, both short-term and long-term. Therefore, industries need a variety of monitoring and detection devices, along with a means to keep records, track exposure, and generate reports.
Radiation alert® Software has a place in a wide range of settings, basically in any commercial or scientific setting where workers may encounter elevated levels of radiation.
Labs and education: Monitoring environmental conditions and managing risk from long-term exposure in labs, workshops, and storage areas.
Government:Â Police, regulatory agencies, and public health agencies often need the ability to detect potentially harmful radiation levels. Software can be invaluable here in analyzing trends in radiation emissions from industrial sites, industrial waste, and in cases of accidents and disasters that cause radiation hazards. Historical tracking may be less important in most of these applications, but radiation monitoring software can still be valuable.
Mining and manufacturing: Many industrial processes and mining operations need to monitor and track radiation for safety and regulatory compliance. Aside from obvious applications, like uranium mining, many companies have a vested interest in radiation protection measures that regulatory agencies require. Mining non-radioactive materials like iron and coal can also expose workers to elevated levels of radiation.
Those same industries can use radiation monitoring software to track employees’ radiation exposure, ambient radiation levels in mines or labs, and more. The same radioactive materials that can become health hazards in mining and manufacturing have a vast number of applications in healthcare, energy, and scientific research.
Healthcare: Medical personnel and patients need to be protected through monitoring in certain labs and testing facilities. Medical imaging is a common source of radiation exposure, albeit at low levels that would rarely pose a risk. However, regular exposure over time can become a health concern for medical imaging staff. Radiation monitoring and reporting helps administrators at these facilities protect both staff and patients from unnecessary exposure. This is why Radiation Alert® Software and monitoring equipment is useful in healthcare, as it is in nuclear and health physics.
Nuclear and health physics: This field overlaps with the others. Any field that uses radioisotopes in experiments, tests, medical treatments, or device manufacturing. Medical imaging, nuclear plant decommissioning, and national security are among the principal areas where radiation detection equipment is crucial. Monitoring software makes reporting and tracking of individual exposure much easier. For example, in radionucleotide medicine, the patient’s dose exposure needs to be monitored. Doing so can be much easier when using Radiation Alert ®  Software or similar software to record exposure data.
These industries and needs are well-served by detectors, monitors, and personal radiation detectors. Because reporting and trend analysis are so important to many industries, those devices often include software that allows them to connect with iOS and Windows devices.
Radiation Monitoring Software for Most Any Application
Radiation monitoring devices should be connected to monitoring and reporting software tools whenever possible. This combination of detection and recording helps administrators, managers, and staff in a wide range of industries do their work without undue radiation exposure. S.E. International  offers Radiation Alert® software and radiation protection equipment used in education, industry, research, public safety work, and more. Our software updates are free for customers. If you need monitoring or detection equipment or calibration S.E. International has what your company needs.
