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Radiation monitoring badges in cine/floro exams
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- Subject: Radiation monitoring badges in cine/floro exams
- From: William Lorenzen <LORENZEN_W@A1.TCH.HARVARD.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 08:15:22 EST
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What is the recommended practice for the monitoring of workers who are exposed
to radiation from cardiac cath. procedures such as cineradiography and
fluoroscopy. I have seen film badges on left upper arms outside lead vest and
inside the lead vest in the chest region as well as at the neck above the lead
vest. What is recommended to get accurate assessment of these individuals dose
and yet still practical since these workers do not like to wear badges at all?
Also, what about hand exposures? Finger rings are not practical (according to
the doctors who should wear them) sometimes they have their hands in the
primary beam... For short periods.
William A. Lorenzen
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
lorenzen_w@a1.tch.harvard.edu