Mobile rigid shields on wheels for transport to various areas.Walls, windows, control booths, and doors.There are a variety of shielding options available and may include, but are not limited to: Healthcare personnel must keep all body parts out of the direct x-ray beam. Whenever possible, appropriate shielding should be used to provide attenuation of the radiation being delivered to the healthcare personnel who are potentially exposed. Healthcare personnel must avoid exposing any body parts to direct x-ray beam exposure. Under no circumstances should individuals holding or supporting a person’s part of their body be directly in the primary beam. Any individual holding or supporting a person during radiation exposure should wear protective gloves and apron with a minimum of 0.25 millimeters lead equivalent. Healthcare personnel assisting with radiological procedures must avoid holding the patient manually during a radiographic study due to the risk of direct beam exposure. Standing on the the same side as the image intensifier radiation intensity is decreased. All healthcare personnel involved in the fluoroscopic procedure must stand on the image intensifier side of the fluoroscopic unit, whenever possible, to reduce the radiation exposure. Healthcare personnel performing fluoroscopic procedures must ensure that the patient is kept as close as possible to the image intensifier side of the fluoroscopic unit and away from the tube side of the unit. These tools are used in a variety of medical applications including radiography, mammography, computed tomography, and fluoroscopy.
Before any treatment or procedure, it is the responsibility of the trained and certified radiation equipment operator to notify healthcare personnel in the x-ray or treatment room prior to the activation of radiation producing equipment (RPE).Īny piece of equipment in which x-rays are produced electrically are classified as radiation producing equipment or RPE.
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