CURE Institute of Health Physics
RADIATION SAFETY IN FLUOROSCOPY
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PATIENTS & STAFF
2 Days, $1,200.00
The course is intended for radiologists, cardiologists, technologists, and other health care professionals who perform fluoroscopic exams. Topics include:
- Physical principles of radiation protection
- Time – Distance – Shielding
- Radiation health effects
- ALARA Principle
- Radiation monitoring instruments
- Personnel dosimetry
- Minimizing radiation dose to physician and staff
- Fluoroscopy equipment and facilities
- Imaging gently in fluoroscopy
- Minimizing radiation dose to patients in fluoroscopy exams
- Considerations when imaging children