Radiation Tracking In The Cardiac Cath Lab
"Patient safety is always a primary goal in any hospital and radiation safety ranks high on the list of safety items for a catheterization laboratory. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NCR) and the Food and Drug Association (FDA) regulate the use of radioactive materials in medicine and the manufacture of devices that emit radiation, respectively. The Joint Commission (TJC), more commonly referred to as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), also regulates safety through its accreditation process. JCAHO has made the statement that prolonged fluoroscopy with cumulative dose >1500 rads to a single field or any delivery of radiotherapy to the wrong region or >25% above the planned dose1 constitutes a reviewable sentinel event. Since that recommendation, medical facilities have been under intense pressure to provide the safest possible environment for radiation safety for their patients."
Note: 1R=1000mR
You gave me a citation for what creates a reportable error. Where’s the citation for your claim that a cardiac cath uses 1500 rad? I make that out to be a 75 minute procedure at HIGH dose. Or a 10 hour procedure at normal dose.