In this week's video, Eric from Olympic Health Physics explains the 10 pearls of fluoroscopy radiation protection for your patients, as recommended by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) for the Radiation Protection of Patients (RPOP).
Video Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Fluoroscopy Safety for Your Patient
00:20 The IAEA's Ten Pearls of Radiation Protection
00:32 No. 1 Maximize the distance between the X-Ray tube and the patient
00:47 No. 2 Minimize the distance between the patient and image intensifier
01:00 No. 3 Minimize fluoroscopy time
01:20 No. 4 Use pulsed fluoroscopy with the lowest frame rate possible
01:43 No. 5 Avoid exposing same area of skin in multiple projections
02:06 No. 6 Larger patients or thick body parts trigger an increase in entrance surface dose
02:33 No. 7 Oblique projections also increase entrance surface dose
02:56 No. 8 Avoid the use of magnification
03:15 No. 9 Minimize the number of frames and cine runs to clinically acceptable level
03:41 No. 10 Use collimation
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