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Supertech X-ray- Your reputable source for service and quality that helps you meet WorkSafeBC OHS regulatory ionizing radiation safety standards
Update for BCCOHP Registrants
On 31 May 2025, the BCDA discontinued its role in making available an independent x-ray inspection program to its association members at reasonable cost. Meanwhile, WorkSafeBC1 OHS Regulation requirements for periodic radiation protection surveys remain unchanged. BCCOHP expects its Registrants to continue operation of x-ray imaging facilities in conformance with those requirements.
Oral Health Professionals in BC are now welcome to call or message Supertech X-ray Services at cell (778) 889-6554 or by email at scott.broddy@supertechxray.ca to arrange Radiation Protection Surveys for their practice x-ray imaging facilities, at reasonable cost.
Check the expiry date of your Certificate of Radiation Safety. According to WorkSafeBC OHS Regulation Guideline G7.24(a) Radiation surveys - Clarification of how often to conduct and who can conduct, for intraoral imaging where 70 kV and lower mA settings typically less than 10 mA are utilized, 5 years is the recommended period between surveys, and 3 years is the required period between surveys for x-ray imaging systems where higher exposure settings are normally used.
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X-ray Radiation Safety for the Animal and Staff Matters Here….
Radiation Protection Surveys
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FAQs
Is Supertech X-ray ‘certified’? (and is any other radiation protection surveyor in BC ‘certified’?).
NO! In fact, no medical x-ray imaging radiation protection survey provider or their survey activities are currently accredited, certified, endorsed, associated with, approved, preferred or recommended by any collegial, governmental, OHS regulatory authority or organization in BC.
Providers who embellish their abilities on their websites with unearned qualifications/titles such as ‘certified’ and ‘engineer’ and feign close or special relationships with related organizations with vague terms such as ‘partnered with’ and ‘medical radiation surveyors for (place name of OHS regulatory organization here)’, in an attempt to gain your business, are only reflecting their untrustworthiness. In B.C., only a person legally qualified to carry the initials ‘P.Eng.’ next to their name in an official capacity as a ‘professional engineer’ can say they are carrying on with their duties and responsibilities in a role of an ‘engineer’.
The Certificate of Radiation Safety- what is it and what assurance does it give a facility and its staff where diagnostic imaging is carried out?
The certificates are utilized by the CCHPBC and CVBC as a mandatory posting within a practice’s diagnostic imaging facilities for accreditation purposes only. It contains a declaration by a provider that a practice’s diagnostic imaging facilities has been inspected in accordance with the radiation safety bylaws of the regulatory college that it operates under. However, WorkSafeBC1 doesn’t recognize any certificate of radiation safety, issued by any provider (including Supertech X-ray), as proof that the OHS regulation required Radiation Protection Surveys have been carried out at your practice. Only written hard-copy Radiation Protection Survey Reports, available onsite at any time for any staff member to review, are proof that such surveys have indeed been carried out for each of the practice’s diagnostic imaging facilities (i.e. main, fluoro, intraoral).
What oversight does WorkSafeBC1 carry out and does Supertech X-ray meet their expectations?
The following is taken from WorkSafeBC1 OHS Regulation Guidelines G7.24(a) Radiation surveys - Clarification of how often to conduct and who can conduct:
“WorkSafeBC1 prevention officers may review survey reports to ensure that the terms of the Safety Code and the Regulation have been met.”
These survey reports may mention deficiencies. A diagnostic imaging facility within the practice can normally continue to operate while most deficiencies are being addressed/corrected. WorkSafeBC1 allows certain time periods for your practice to handle any of these deficiencies.
Hence, only Supertech X-ray is the only radiation protection surveyor that takes the time to deliver a final detailed hard-copy Radiation Protection Survey Report along with verbal explanation of determinations upon conclusion of each survey BEFORE leaving a client site- exactly meeting WorkSafeBC1 expectations that your practice is always operating under current (unexpired) Radiation Protection Survey Reports that are onsite and available for management and worker review alike at any time.
How does Supertech X-ray gain trust and business of clients?
Through humble demonstration of integrity, competence, completeness, experience, knowledge and patience. To this end, Supertech X-ray does one client site visit per day. This approach demonstrates dedication to the client and practice staff in delivering the best information and explanations with no hurry- no rush, respecting that patient flow at these times take precedence. Each Supertech survey is invoiced at a flat rate (NOT at an hourly rate) to further reflect that Supertech respects that time spent with patients is always the most important priority for any client.
Is your patient care practice benefiting from the medical x-ray Radiation Protection Surveys mandated by the CCHPBC1, BCCOHP1, CVBC1 and other collegial organizations? Others provide a quick ‘in & out’ service:
i) a ‘test’ of the x-ray machine output, later followed by...
ii) a PDF x-ray machine ‘test’ report and a certificate delivered by email that states that implies ‘testing’ was carried out.
The above ‘service’ by others is expensive and yet deficient as it’s not what is required to bring your practice to compliance with WorkSafeBC1 OHS regulations. You, the practice owner, are potentially left liable for failing to achieve this compliance. Let Supertech X-ray help with getting your practice past this hurdle properly.
With Supertech X-ray as your guide, we can help your practice meet obligations- and elevate staff awareness of radiation safety to a positive level that they can understand and proactively contribute to.
You too can receive the outstanding and competent level of service that current Supertech X-ray clients already experience! Please check your Radiation Safety Certificate expiry dates. Give Supertech a call, text or email to arrange these surveys now.
Our human and veterinary practice clients include those with digital radiography, intraoral (including hand-held) and extraoral (pano) dental x-ray sources, and advanced modalities such as dynamic radiography, fluoroscopy, CBCT and CT Scan.
Regarding CBCT and CT Scan modalities…
Supertech X-ray recommends that a current CCPM1 registered medical radiation physicist carry out the required Radiation Protection Survey Report ‘x-ray performance’ and ‘imaging/diagnosis performance’ testing and expertly report the results that would be attached to a Supertech X-ray Radiation Protection Survey Report. Performance Testing is equivalent to annual testing protocol in Health Canada Safety Codes 30 and 35 with the difference being that a QMP (qualified medical physicist) would carry out the testing and report findings accordingly. QMPs are the best experts having the doctoral level of education and experience to overall evaluate these complex systems and find radiation dose, image resolution/contrast and defect concerns that may not be noticeable on patient images but nevertheless can affect a clinician’s ability to best diagnose patient conditions.
Supertech X-ray also provides Radiation Shielding Design and Assessment services for future and current clients.
Contact Scott at Supertech X-ray Services, SURREY BC Canada, at (778) 889-6554 and by email at scott.broddy@supertechxray.ca for more info and current rates.
1 Use of logos or names of collegial or regulatory organizations within do not signify their endorsement, association, preference, or approval of products or services provided by Supertech X-ray Services & Consulting Proprietorship.
Exclusive to Supertech X-ray!
To every client, Supertech X-ray provides, at no cost, a custom logo 'Radiation Safety Binder' where all required and additional radiation safety info can be kept accessible in the practice library, handy for staff education and review at any time. We update the binder contents at every survey for our current clients. This resource is highly regarded by current Supertech X-ray clients as a starting point for current staff and new-hires who want to learn about current radiation safety policy and procedure in the practice. In BC, only Supertech X-ray does all this!
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About Scott Broddy and Supertech X-ray Services & Consulting Proprietorship:
Scott Broddy graduated from NAIT Edmonton with a Diploma in Electronics Engineering Technology (2nd yr Option- Petroleum and Applied Geophysics) in 1977, starting out employment with oilfield exploration service providers in the western provinces. His medical x-ray imaging experience spans over 40 years. From 1982 to 1991, he was employed by medical x-ray imaging OEM’S (Siemens, GE Healthcare) and Vancouver General Hospital carrying out radiography equipment service. In 1992 Scott began Supertech X-ray Services & Consulting as sole proprietor, now operating for over 30 years in BC and Alberta, continuing on as an independent service contractor to human and veterinary medical x-ray imaging clinics in the BC Lower Mainland, and 3rd party medical x-ray systems sales, installation, and service suppliers. He presently specializes in human and veterinary medical x-ray facility radiation safety assessments and handling of workplace radiation safety concerns for staff and their patients.