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SCAI multi‐society position statement on occupational health hazards of the catheterization laboratory: Shifting the paradigm for Healthcare Workers' Protection
Author(s) -
Klein Lloyd W.,
Goldstein James A.,
Haines David,
Chambers Charles,
Mehran Roxana,
Kort Smadar,
Valentine C. Michael,
Cox David
Publication year - 2020
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/ccd.28579
Subject(s) - medicine , position statement , health care , position (finance) , statement (logic) , position paper , cardiac catheterization , intensive care medicine , family medicine , pathology , economic growth , finance , political science , law , economics
Renewed attention has focused on the occupational health hazards posed by working in the fluoroscopic laboratory ([1–6][1]). Accumulated occupational radiation exposure is associated with health risks to physicians, nurses, and technologists working in this environment. Health care workers are