ALARA Rules for Radiation Protection

ALARA is an familiar industry term every medical professional should know and practice. This brief blog post covers the basics of the ALARA principle, and how the RaySafe i3 Real-time dosimeter can help monitor radiation exposure.

Why Real-time Dosimetry is Important

Personal protection equipment (PPE) has been available for years to help protect medical professionals against ionizing radiation. Most of the time, it consists of heavy protection garments and shields. While these are effective, being able to monitor radiation exposure in real time takes protection to a whole new level.

Personal Safety When Working with Ionizing Radiation

Personal radiation safety is paramount within interventional X-ray. Every activity should be planned to minimize unnecessary radiation exposure, as physicians and other staff members are in the room with the patient and run the risk of continued exposure to radiation.

A face-lift, a team, customers' pain, and a vision

We recently launched the RaySafe 452 Survey Meter, a survey meter that is as versatile as our customers, allowing them to measure a variety of applications with a single device.

RaySafe 452 Survey Meter is a single, powerful tool that measures radiation for a variety of applications, simplifying data collection

New versatile meter delivers fast, flat, wide energy response times to ensure accurate, trustworthy radiation data collection
 

RaySafe X2 expands with new possibilities - now measure voltage with the new X2 Volt sensor

RaySafe X2 Volt Sensor makes it easier than ever to perform measurements on X-ray machine voltage output test points

Featuring an intuitive interface and automatic waveform capture, the new sensor eliminates the settings and manual adjustments oscilloscopes require

Will The Joint Commission regulation changes make X-ray QA more time-consuming?

Annual equipment checks to ensure fluoroscopy X-ray units are working correctly is one of the revisions by The Joint Commission elements of performance (Eps). Hospitals providing fluoroscopy services will need to adhere to this new, revised standard as of January 1, 2019.

Visualizing scattered radiation

As touched upon in the previous post, interventional X-ray professionals have a number of tools and techniques at their disposal, which they can use to minimize their radiation dose.