Fluoroscopy Safety for Healthcare Workers

The Fluoroscopy Safety for Healthcare Workers course includes real-world examples of the fundamentals of fluoroscopy-based radiation safety. 

Topics covered include: occupational and patient radiation safety using a C-Arm within the operating room (OR), standard fluoroscopy, and bi-plane C-Arm imaging within interventional imaging departments. 

The Fluoroscopy Radiation Safety for Healthcare Workers & Physicians training course was created to provide helpful (and lifesaving) information and satisfy California's required 4 CEUs (or 4 CMEs for physicians) of fluoroscopy-specific radiation protection training. Further, the course is ideal for meeting the 2019 Joint Commission requirement for ongoing radiation safety.  

• Understand how radiation scatters and in what direction during an AP chest

• Explain how to correctly use and set up a C-arm

• Discuss the difference in dose between 1fps, 2 fps, and 3 fps with digital spots

• Understand how to properly use a C-Arm to get the clearest, sharpest image

• Explain how much radiation is saved when Pulse Mode is used

• Discuss the difference in scatter between the head, 45 and 90 degrees in OR

• Explain the Inverse Square Law

• Understand ABS and how mA and kV change when using fluoroscopy

• Discuss the difference between 0.25, 0.375, and 0.5 mm lead aprons

• Licensed Radiographers

• Radiography students of all levels

• Healthcare extenders such as PAs and ARNP

• Radiology Residents

• Medical students

• Physicians who work with or around fluoroscopic imaging equipment

• Healthcare workers who work with or around fluoroscopic imaging equipment