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Radiation safety in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: Operational radiation safety
Author(s) -
Balter Stephen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199907)47:3<347::aid-ccd23>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac catheterization , radiation exposure , medical physics , cardiology , nuclear medicine
The goal of the catheterization laboratory radiation safety program is to facilitate invasive cardiology while simultaneously reducing staff risks to an acceptable level. Achieving this goal requires a balance between the value of catheterization to the patient and the associated radiation risk to the staff. This article introduces the principles of radiation protection as applied in the catheterization laboratory. Prudent conformance to these principles will appropriately reduce radiation risk. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 47:347–353, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.