Re: Shielded glasses

[a.zapantis@qut.edu.au (Alex Zapantis)]

>     Hello Radsafers!
>     
>        I am writing on behalf of a nurse at our medical school's endoscopy 
>     center.  She is looking for shielded glasses to be worn by the nurses 
>     and doctors, when they are using the fluoroscope .....

Shielded glasses?!?!? No one uses them down here - at least I've never heard
of them. How practical would they be?? At 125kVp they would have to be
either quite thick or quite dark. In any case they would be heavy and
uncomfortable to wear for extended periods.

Just my views!!
 
  Alex Zapantis                                         
  Radiation Safety Officer                                     
  Queensland University of Technology        
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