Establishing ionising radiation safety culture during interventional cardiovascular procedures
Author(s) -
Belinda van der Merwe
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cardiovascular journal of south africa/cardiovascular journal of southern africa
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1680-0745
pISSN - 1015-9657
DOI - 10.5830/cvja-2021-030
Subject(s) - lead apron , dosimeter , radiation protection , medicine , fluoroscopy , equivalent dose , radiological weapon , thermoluminescent dosimeter , effective dose (radiation) , nuclear medicine , ionizing radiation , medical physics , dosimetry , radiology , physics , irradiation , nuclear physics
The safety culture of an interventional laboratory was investigated in terms of the application of the three cardinal principles of radiation protection, namely distance, time and shielding.
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