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West Virginia Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…embryo/fetus, and all fluoroscopy workers must be badged. Aprons or whole-body barriers of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent are required, but there is no apron inspection rule and the rules do not…
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Hawaii Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…of a declared pregnant woman. Staff must be protected by aprons or whole-body barriers of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent unless a qualified medical physicist authorizes otherwise, and the rules are…
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Georgia Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…mSv). Staff who must stay in the room must be protected by aprons "or whole body protective barriers" of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent, dosimeters are worn outside the apron at the collar, and the…
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Wyoming Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…achievable (ALARA). Wyoming rules do not require lead aprons, thyroid shields or protective eyewear, do not require apron inspection, say nothing about where to wear a badge with an apron, and do not…
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Maryland Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…(effective 15 September 2025) deleted the general 0.25 mm apron rule, leaving a fluoroscopy standard of 0.25 mm lead-equivalent shielding or 120 cm distance; aprons need no scheduled inspection, and…
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SIR-CIRSE Joint Guideline on Occupational Radiation Protection
0.5-mm lead-equivalent composite and lead-free aprons vary in protection; International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recommends two dosimeters (under and over apron) and annual…
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District of Columbia Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…mSv/yr lens limit. Fluoroscopy staff must be protected by aprons or whole-body protective barriers of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent, and the posted rules set no schedule for inspecting aprons for…
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Radiation safety for anaesthesia providers in the orthopaedic operating room
…measured radiation. The authors question routine lead apron use for them, but this may not apply to higher-dose interventional settings.
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Pennsylvania Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…mSv per year with no lower state limit. Staff must wear aprons of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent or use whole protective barriers, and the rules do not address engineered systems used instead of…
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North Carolina Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…Staff in the room must wear apparel of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent or use whole-body protective equipment of the same rating, and the rules say where to wear the badge when such equipment…
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AAPM Report 25 - Radiation Safety Surveys
…compliance, including annual fluoroscopic checks of lead aprons (at least 0.25 mm Pb). It offers no measured staff-dose or health data.
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Nevada Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…a limit, with the dosimeter worn at the collar outside the apron. Staff must use 0.25 mm lead-equivalent aprons or whole-body barriers, or keep their distance, but aprons do not have to be inspected…
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New Mexico Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
Staff must be protected by aprons or whole-body protective barriers of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent, and any body part in the useful beam needs 0.5 mm. For fluoroscopy scatter, under-table scatter…
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Alabama Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…lens, 500 mSv skin/extremities, and 5 mSv embryo/fetus. Aprons of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent are required for all in the room except the patient, unless measurements indicate otherwise; the…
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Evaluating radiation protection knowledge and practices in operating room personnel: a cross-sectional study
Routine dose monitoring and consistent lead apron use were rare; many never wore aprons. (9.7% regular dose monitoring; 20.2% always lead apron; 28.9% never)
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Insights into Testicular Radiation Exposure in the Orthopedic Surgeon
…an orthopedic surgeon during hand fluoroscopy, all lead apron designs markedly reduced groin scatter dose; the only measurable dose under an apron occurred with a half-skirt while seated with knees…
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California Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…staff likely to be exposed to 5 mR/hr or more must wear aprons of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent, drapes and panels may not substitute for them, and the rules are silent on thyroid shields, eyewear,…
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Kentucky Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…in the fluoroscopy room except the patient must wear an apron of at least 0.25 mm lead equivalent; leaded drapes may be used only in addition to aprons, not instead of them, and periodic apron…
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Occupational hazard of fluoroscopy: An invisible threat to orthopedic surgeons
…in one academic department, almost all reported wearing lead aprons, but few used thyroid shields, eyewear or gloves, and about half positioned the fluoroscope incorrectly, suggesting a need for more…
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Rhode Island Radiation Safety Rules for Fluoroscopy Teams
…the fluoroscopy room except the patient must wear 0.25 mm lead-equivalent garments that are checked for integrity annually; the general X-ray rule also accepts "whole-body protective barriers" for…
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