Radiation SAFETY and PROTECTION
The reason why the Author have chosen to do the research about the radiation safety and protection is
the importance of the X-ray in the branch of medical because every patient and the medical staff are
exposed by the X-ray.
What is the effects of the x-ray for the patient and the medical staff?
This article talks about the radiation safety and protection which is practised by all department
who use an ionizing radiation.Radiation safety purposes to minimize the ionizing radiation carefully to
protect patient from the danger of radiation protection. The ALARA Principe is too much useful for the
protection both all the worker and the patients.There are many risk to use ionizing radiation like
cancer,heartache,swelling...
Clinical significiance
The duration of radiation exposure,distance from the radiation source and physical shielding are the key
facets in reducing exposur.The exposure duration can be minimized in several ways.When exposing a
patient to radiation,the technician or physician should preplan the required images to avoid
unnecessary and redundant exposure.Magnification significantly increases the exposure to the patient;
therefore, magnification should be used judiciously.Continuous or live fluoroscopy may be helpful to
understand anatomy during procedures better,but standart fluoroscopy machines capture roughly
35images per second . Decreased exposure can be achieved instead by using pulsed fluoroscopy ,which
obtains about five images per second without sacrificing imaging quality.Lastly ,exposure duration
shouls be limited whenever possible.
Increasing the distance between the x-ray beam and the part that is being imaged is another way to
minimize exposure.The image intensifier or x-ray plate should be as close to the patient as possible,with
the x-ray tube positioned as far away as possible while maintaining adequate image resolution.A similar
approach can be used to minimize exposure to medical professionals.Scattered radiation : the type of
rafiation that surgeons,interventionalists,and operating roomstaff commonly encounter during
procedures requiring fluoroscopy ; follows an inverse of the distance squared from the x-ray
source ,Staff can lower their exposure levels by a factor of four by doubling their distance from the
source.Through this simple concept ,occupational radiation exposure can be dramatically reduced.
Argument of the text
Radiation safety is a concern for patients,physicians, and staff in many departments,including
radiology,interventionnal cardiology ,and surgery.Radiation emitted during fluoroscopy procedures is
responsible for the greatest radiation exposure with a goal to minimize the harmful effects of ionizing
radiation.In the medical field,ionizing radiation has become an inescapable tool used for the diagnostic
and treatment of a variety of medical conditions.As it's use has evolved, so have the cumultative doses
of lifetime radiation that both patients and medical providers receive.In particular,clinicians or medical
staff that the use fluoroscopy imaging outside of dedicated radiology or interventional departments
have low adherence to radiation safety guidelines.
The duration of exposure ,distance from radiation source ,and physical shielding are the key facets
in reducing exposure.The exposure duration can be minimized in several ways.When exposing a patient
to radiation ,the technician or physician should preplan the required images to avoid unnecessary and
redundant exposure .Decreased exposure can be archieved instead by using pulsed fluoroscopy,which
obtains about five images per second without sacrificing imaging quality.
