The Role of the Radiation Safety Officer in Patient Safety

This continuing education course reviews the tools and resources available to the Radiation Safety Officer to educate medical imaging professionals on the need to manage radiation doses to patients so that the physician is able to obtain information necessary to properly diagnose and treat patients while avoiding unnecessary exposure during radiographic procedures and fluoroscopy.

Approvals & Acceptance

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  AHRA Approved, Category A

  Accepted by the ARRT^® toward your CE requirement
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  NMTCB Accepted

  Counts for NMTCB credential holders
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  California

  Accepted for CRTs, XTs, Supervisors and Operators
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  Florida

  Approved for Technical Category A for Florida technologists
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  Texas: Directly Related

  Counts toward the directly related hours Texas MRTs need (at least 12 of 24)
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  We Report for You: Florida, Texas, Kansas and New Hampshire

  Completions are reported in the first week of each month for the previous month: Florida directly to the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control; Texas, Kansas and New Hampshire to CE Broker. Your state license number must be entered in your dashboard for us to report your credits.
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  All other states

  Accepted

Applicable Disciplines

Learning Objectives

• 1Identify the tools and resources available to the Radiation Safety Officer
• 2Describe the role of the RSO in educating imaging professionals on radiation dose management
• 3Apply principles for managing patient radiation doses during radiographic and fluoroscopic procedures
• 4Evaluate strategies for avoiding unnecessary exposure while maintaining diagnostic quality

Course Outline

• •Role of the Radiation Safety Officer
• •Tools and Resources for Radiation Dose Management
• •Educating Imaging Professionals on Dose Awareness
• •Radiation Safety in Radiographic Procedures
• •Radiation Safety in Fluoroscopy
• •Balancing Diagnostic Need with Patient Protection