Fluoroscopic Safety Explained (Live Webinar)
Monday, September 16, 2019 - Monday, September 16, 2019
CME Provider:
Advanced Health Education Center › 8502 Tybor Drive Houston, Texas (TX) 77074 United States
Toll Free: (800) 239-1361 Phone: (713) 772-0157 Fax: (713) 772-0155
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Description:
Course Topics:
•The Joint Commission HRS Standard HR.01.05.03 •Who are ancillary personnel that must be trained? •Image Gently and Image Wisely campaigns •Necessity of Training •General Operational Principles of Fluoroscopy •Perceptions and Misconceptions By Non-Radiologic Personnel About Shielding •What is Dose?: Defining Effective Dose, Absorbed Dose, Air Kerma •Dose Thresholds and Deterministic Risks to Skin •Sentinel Events •Protection and Monitoring •Effects of Moving the Table and Image Receptor •Changing Pulse, Frame Refresher and Other Image Factors •Strategies for High CAK procedures •Procedure Alert Levels/Notification Levels
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, the participants should be able to: 1. Give examples of who at your facility would be considered ancillary personnel 2. Understand how to discuss dose with your patient 3. Define Cumulative Air Kerma? 4. Describe what constitutes a Sentinel Event 5. Discuss the effect of having the table too close to the X-ray source. 6. Give an Example of when to define Procedure Alert Levels.
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Instructors:
Louis Wagner Ph.D., DABR, FAAPM, FACR
CME Credit:
Radiologic Technologists: 2 Hours
Self Assessment Module (SAM):
No
Live Webinar:
Yes
Specialty Audience:
Radiology
RADLIST Course #22592
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