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Occupational Pelvic and Chest-Level Radiation Exposure Among Interventional Echocardiographers During Percutaneous Structural Heart Interventions
…Single-center observational study using one upper-arm dosimeter site, with no eye, thyroid or hand dosimetry, two fluoroscopy systems, few head-of-bed cases (n = 17) and no correction for multiple…
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Operator Dose Reduction during Transjugular Liver Biopsy Using a Radiation-Attenuating Drape: A Prospective, Randomized Study
…liver biopsy, measuring only the operator's chest dosimeter; no p-value for the dose difference is reported in the abstract, and other staff and body sites were not assessed.
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Radiation safety for anaesthesia providers in the orthopaedic operating room
Doses at this distance were often at the detection limit of the dosimeters used.
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Eye Lens Radiation Dose to Nurses during Cardiac Interventional Radiology: An Initial Study
…up to about 9 mSv per year without lead glasses. Neck badges and patient dose metrics correlated with eye dose but imprecisely, so dedicated eye dosimeters are advised for higher-exposed nurses.
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AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 12.a - Fluoroscopy Dose Management
…3 Gy, then every 1 Gy), follow-up above 5 Gy, and single collar-badge monitoring with lens dose assessment for the fluoroscopy team.
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Performance of a radiation protection cabin during extraction of cardiac devices
Limits: Small single-procedure-type trial (37 patients) with operator dose measured by dosimeters rather than health outcomes; abstract only, so number of operators and country are not reported.
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Do radiologic technologists who assist with fluoroscopy-guided procedures have a higher cancer risk?
…with individual dose data. A 2026 reconstruction of badge doses for 110,374 technologists from 1916 to 2020, with a mean cumulative dose of 79 millisieverts (mSv), is meant to support those analyses.
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Effectiveness of Low Rate Fluoroscopy at Reducing Operator and Patient Radiation Dose During Transradial Coronary Angiography and Interventions
…operator dose measured with a single thyroid-collar dosimeter, and the setting appears to be a single centre with country not stated.
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EFFICACY OF AN ADDITIONAL MOBILE LEADED SHIELD ON OPERATOR RADIATION DURING PERCUTANEOUS
…of procedures not reported in the abstract and results are dosimeter readings, not health outcomes.
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Radiation exposure during non-thrombotic iliac vein stenting
Patient-worn abdominal badge recorded a low deep dose equivalent per procedure. (0.221 mSv)
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Comparison of Radiation Exposure during Endovascular Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease with Flat-Panel Detectors on Mobile C-arm versus Fixed Systems
The trainee resident and nurse anesthetists recorded a higher effective dose on the external dosimeter with the mobile C-arm.
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Radiation dose absorbed by operators during transradial percutaneous coronary procedures comparing different protective drapes: the RADIATION study
Limits: Abstract only; single dosimeter location (thorax) measures dose, not health outcomes, and centre, country and number of operators are not reported.
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Spatial distribution of X-ray attenuation in a full-face shield: a multipoint in vivo study in interventional cardiology
Measurements were made in vivo on a primary cardiologist during real procedures using 29 thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) in a tight-fitting mask. (29 TLDs)
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Effect of radiation protection apron defect on radiation dose during fluoroscopy
Limits: Measurements were made with a dosimeter behind a single apron under two fluoroscopy settings, not on staff; annual estimates rely on one hospital's fluoroscopy times and reflect air kerma…
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Patient Body Mass Index and Occupational Radiation Doses to Circulating Nurses During Coronary Angiography
…small (microsieverts) and the details of shielding use and dosimeter placement were not reported.
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Operator radiation exposure during transradial coronary angiography: Effect of single vs. double catheters
…high-volume center, diagnostic procedures only, with one dosimeter worn over the apron at the chest rather than measuring eye or under-apron dose; abstract reports no p-value for the operator dose…
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AORN Guideline - Radiation Safety
Pregnant team members should follow regulatory dose limits, wear a wraparound apron and wear a second dosimeter at waist level under the apron.
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New Image-Processing And Noise-Reduction Software Reduces Radiation Dose During Complex Endovascular Procedures
…measured in the abstract. Operator dose came from one dosimeter outside the apron, converted to an effective-dose estimate.
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Radiation Dose to the Breast in Occupationally Exposed Healthcare Professionals: A Case Series
In three women working in angiography procedures, dosimeters under lead garments detected low but measurable breast dose in two, possibly linked to armhole gaps and working distance. The sample is…
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Reduction of Operator Radiation Dose by a Pelvic Lead Shield During Cardiac Catheterization by Radial Access: Comparison With Femoral Access
Limits: Single operator with one dosimeter outside the apron at chest level, so results may not generalize to other operators, staff or organ doses; abstract only, elective diagnostic angiography,…
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