Triage, Radiological
Triage, Radiological :
Actions intended to sort people according to whether they have been exposed to radioactive material at a level that will definitely have an effect on their health (i.e., causing deterministic injuries like tissue reactions or acute radiation syndrome); or whether they may have been exposed to radioactive material at lower levels that might impart a long-term health risk (i.e., stochastic health effects or cancer induction in the future); or whether they are in the potentially large group of people whose exposures are very unlikely to have any effect on health, or who were not exposed at all. (Source: Use of Prussian Blue (Ferric Hexacyanoferrate) for Decorporation of Radiocaesium, page 34, Public Health England [PHE], formerly Health Protection Agency [HPA])
