Radiation Protection & Safety

On completion of this course the participant should be able to:

1. Name all three categories of radiation exposure.
2. List the dose limits for occupational and public exposure.
3. List the core responsibilities of a medical physicist.
4. Name three other medical specialties where ionizing radiation is used.
5. List specific design features that should be included in fluoroscopy equipment.
6. Name the three dosimetric quantities used in mammography.
7. In patients hospitalized for therapy with radiopharmecuticals, name at least five safety protocols that should be in place is assure staff and patient safety.
8. Explain the considerations of breast feeding after a patient has been administered radiopharmeceuticals.
9. List the protocols that should be in place to minimize the likelihood of unintended or accidental exposure in nuclear medicine.
10. For patients that have died after undergoing a nuclear medicine procedure, describe how the immediate handling of the body, both in the hospital, home or other place so that exposure risk is minimized.

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This test is a multiple choice, open book test and contains 198 questions.
This is a soft cover book and has 5 chapters and 275 pages

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