Rad Safety

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

>From: "Justice PhD, Dennis" <Dennis.JusticePhD@PROMEDICA.ORG>
>
>I had the experience of being a patient for a cardiac catheterization. I was
>on the table when a member of the team placed a marker on my chest and then
>gave me several seconds oc cine to mark the film. I made no comment at the
>time (they were messing with MY body) but vigorously addressed the issue of
>unnecessary exposure at a subsequent rad safety meeting. The practice was
>stopped. But a technologist came up to me later and told me that she had
>been ignored when she had tried to point out the problem earlier.
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