Savannah River Site: Electronic

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Savannah River Site

Electronic

Health Visitor Information System (HVIS), ca. 1970-Current

Location: Active: SRS, Building 735-11A, Room 104

*Access Restrictions*: Database is unclassified and may be a Privacy Act System of Records; Building 735-11A is in a security-controlled area.	*Location of Codebooks and Manuals:* A data dictionary is available online using INGRESS.
*Location of Storage Media*: System is backed up yearly on optical disks.	*Hardware/Software:* Digital MicroVax/INGRESS database management system.

Office/Program Supported by the System: Health Physics Section, and Health Protection and Radiological Control and Health Physics department of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Westinghouse Savannah River Company

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

System Description: This system is used to collect and store radiation exposure data regarding visitors to the Savannah River Site. Data for each individual includes name, social security number, date of birth, sex, thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) number, location of bioassay sampling, and collection point of TLD. Updated quarterly, the Radiological Control and Health Physics Department uses this system as an annual input to the Health Physics Radiation Exposure Database.

Data Elements: 7-8, 17, 20, 31, 59-63, 68-69, 71