Affiliation:
1. CHO Area 1, Donegal
2. School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Abstract
Abstract
Interventional radiology is a rapidly evolving speciality with potential to deliver high patient radiation doses, as a result high standards of radiation safety practice are imperative. IR radiation safety practice must be considered before during and after procedures through appropriate patient consent, dose monitoring and patient follow-up. This questionnaire-based study surveyed fixed IR departments across Ireland and England to establish clinical practice in relation to radiation safety. Pre-procedure IR patient consent includes all radiation effects in 11% of cases. The patient skin dose surrogate parameter of Kerma to air at a reference point (Kar) is under-reported. Only 39% of respondents use a substantial radiation dose level and inform patients after these have been reached. Poor compliance with unambiguous, readily available best practice guidance was observed throughout highlighting patient communication, patient dose quantification and subsequent patient dose management concerns.
Funder
Irish Institute of Radiographers and Radiation Therapists
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine,Radiation,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
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