Tag: radiation exposure
Radiation safety in endovascular procedures—what are we still overlooking?
As the topic of radiation safety across various interventional specialties continues to garner increased interest, Melissa Kirkwood (Dallas, USA) homes in on the under-recognised...
Mölnlycke launches Biogel radiation protection gloves to reduce clinician hand exposure...
Mölnlycke Health Care US announced today the launch of a new surgical glove range designed to reduce clinician hand exposure to scattered radiation during...
MATERNA-X study reveals benefits of radiation shielding during pregnancy
“Protecting the foetus begins with protecting the mother,” was the concluding message delivered by Matthew Zidan (Bonn University Hospital, Bonn, Germany) based on late-breaking...
US societies call for greater protection against radiation in cath labs
Six leading US healthcare societies have jointly endorsed an expert consensus statement calling for cath lab professionals to have greater protection from preventable radiation...
Cathpax rolls out Nova-X radiation protection system across multiple European sites
Cathpax, a spinoff of nuclear radiation protection group Lemer Pax, announced today the commercial launch of its Nova-X radiation protection system in Europe and...
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...
