Tag: radiation exposure
Medical societies call for new standard in radiation protection
Nine medical societies are calling for updated safety standards in fluoroscopy laboratories, where clinicians face radiation exposure and orthopaedic injuries from heavy protective equipment.
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Positive NOVARAD study results could herald “new era” for radiation protection
Cathpax—a spinoff of the Lemer Pax group that designs, develops and commercialises team-wide, full-body radiation protection systems for interventional medicine practitioners—has today announced positive...
Adept Medical launches new Head Immobiliser for improved imaging and head...
Adept Medical has announced the launch of the Head Immobiliser—a radiolucent support for a range of interventional radiology (IR) and neuroradiology procedures. Now commercially...
Female physicians in neurointerventional surgery: Breaking down barriers
In the latter stages of 2022, the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) released a position statement advocating pregnancy and parental leave policies in neurointerventional...
ESVS publishes “pioneering” clinical practice guidelines on radiation safety
The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has released clinical practice guidelines on radiation safety, which the writing committee notes are the first guidelines...
