Educational Objectives

Educational objectives:
1. Identify the biological risks to humans from x-ray radiation.
2. Relate the radiation units and doses used in fluoroscopy with the associated biological risks.
3. Describe the principles and operation of fluoroscopic x-ray equipment.
4. Describe the techniques of fluoro equipment operation used to minimize risks to patients, operators and  personnel.
5. Describe additional radiation protection practices and devices used to reduce radiation risks to operators and personnel.
6. State the regulatory dose limits and ALARA “trigger” levels for reporting both patient and personnel exposures to the facility’s Radiation Safety Committee for review.