Interventional Equipment and Radiation Safety

Cléroux, Andréanne; Hersh-Boyle, Rebecca A.; Clarke, Dana L.

doi:10.1016/j.cvsm.2018.05.009

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“…Moreover, with increasing societal concern over the ethics of the use of animals for production and entertainment, ensuring good health in these animals could also be seen as a prerequisite for the social acceptance of such use. (104) Radiation risks to exposed animals include both stochastic effects and tissue reactions. While the risk of stochastic effects (compared with tissue reactions) predominates in plain radiography, high-dose diagnostic procedures, such as CT-guided and other interventional procedures, are performed increasingly in veterinary medicine, and could potentially result in tissue reactions, particularly in the skin (Balter et al., 2010; Cléroux et al., 2018). Furthermore, in veterinary radiation therapy, adverse effects associated with tissue reactions are encountered frequently in normal tissues, and the probability of their occurrence must be balanced carefully against the clinical benefits of tumour control or palliation (e.g.…”

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ICRP Publication 153: Radiological Protection in Veterinary Practice

2022

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Veterinary use of radiation in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of disease has expanded and diversified, as have the corresponding radiological protection concerns. Radiological exposure of personnel involved in veterinary procedures and, where applicable, members of the public providing assistance (e.g. owners or handlers) has always been included within the system of radiological protection. Veterinary practice is now addressed explicitly as the modern complexities associated with this practice warrant dedicated consideration, and there is a need to clarify and strengthen the application of radiological protection principles in this area. The Commission recommends that the system of radiological protection should be applied in veterinary practice principally for the protection of humans, but with explicit attention to the protection of exposed animals. Additionally, consideration should be given to the risk of potential contamination of the environment associated with applications of nuclear medicine in veterinary practice. This publication focuses primarily on justification and optimisation in veterinary practice, and sets the scene for more detailed guidance to follow in future Recommendations. It is intended for a wide-ranging audience, including radiological protection professionals, veterinary staff, students, education and training providers, and members of the public, as an introduction to radiological protection in veterinary practice. © 2022 ICRP. Published by SAGE.

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Radiation dose during interventional cardiology procedures: portable C-arm vs. a new generation fluoroscopy system

Pierce

Scansen

Rao

2023

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

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Self-reported radiation safety behaviors among veterinary specialists and residents performing fluoroscopic procedures on small animals

Freitas¹,

Koehncke²,

Waldner³

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OBJECTIVE To describe the radiation safety behaviors of veterinary specialists performing small animal fluoroscopic procedures and examine potential risk factors for these behaviors, including knowledge of radiation risk and training regarding machine operating parameters. SAMPLE 197 veterinary specialists and residents in training. PROCEDURES An electronic questionnaire was distributed to members of the American Colleges of Veterinary Internal Medicine (subspecialties of cardiology and small animal internal medicine), Veterinary Radiology, and Veterinary Surgery. RESULTS The overall survey response rate was 6% (240/4,274 email recipients). Of the 240 respondents, 197 (82%) had operated an x-ray unit for a small animal fluoroscopic procedure in the preceding year and fully completed the questionnaire. More than 95% of respondents believed that radiation causes cancer, yet approximately 60% of respondents never wore hand or eye protection during fluoroscopic procedures, and 28% never adjusted the fluoroscopy machine operating parameters for the purpose of reducing their radiation dose. The most common reasons for not wearing eye shielding included no requirement to wear eyeglasses, poor fit, discomfort, and interference of eyeglasses with task performance. Respondents who had received training regarding machine operating parameters adjusted those parameters to reduce their radiation dose during procedures significantly more frequently than did respondents who had not received training. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE On the basis of the self-reported suboptimal radiation safety practices among veterinary fluoroscopy users, we recommend formal incorporation of radiation safety education into residency training programs. All fluoros-copy machine operators should be trained regarding the machine operating parameters that can be adjusted to reduce occupational radiation exposure.

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Interventional Equipment and Radiation Safety

Cited by 3 publications

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ICRP Publication 153: Radiological Protection in Veterinary Practice

ICRP Publication 153: Radiological Protection in Veterinary Practice

Radiation dose during interventional cardiology procedures: portable C-arm vs. a new generation fluoroscopy system

Self-reported radiation safety behaviors among veterinary specialists and residents performing fluoroscopic procedures on small animals

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