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Radiation Safety
Published in Debbie Peet, Emma Chung, Practical Medical Physics, 2021
Debbie Peet, Elizabeth Davies, Richard Raynor, Alimul Chowdhury
Whether the majority of the risk assessment is drafted by a Clinical Scientist, local Radiographers, or other staff, responsibility for managing radiation risk lies with the clinical team so it is essential to ensure their involvement from the outset and to develop good working relationships with staff. This might require observing standard clinical practice to better understand the requirements of the scan or treatment. Striking a balance between safety and clinical goals can sometimes be challenging.
Mathematics for medical imaging
Published in Ken Holmes, Marcus Elkington, Phil Harris, Clark's Essential Physics in Imaging for Radiographers, 2021
There are a number of basic tasks which all radiographers should be able to perform. Simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, for example, enable the student to manipulate exposure factors at different distances and calculate radiation dose.
Ethnographic investigations of a diagnostic imaging department
Published in Paul M.W. Hackett, Christopher M. Hayre, Handbook of Ethnography in Healthcare Research, 2020
Diagnostic radiographers mainly work in acute healthcare settings with most diagnostic radiographers employed in the United Kingdom (UK) by the National Health Service (NHS), working in acute NHS hospital trusts. Diagnostic radiographers are responsible for producing diagnostic images of the human body using different imaging modalities and technologies. They mainly work in uni-professional teams of radiographers within the DID. Diagnostic radiographers interact with and work alongside other healthcare professionals and NHS employees within the DID including; nurses, support staff, porters, domestic staff, clerical workers, and secretaries. Diagnostic radiographers also carry out imaging examinations in other parts of the hospital, such as wards – accident and emergency (A&E) – and operating theatres. In these situations, they work singlehanded within a multidisciplinary team, alongside other healthcare professionals (Radiography Careers, 2008). Radiographers interact with different patients of all ages, abilities and disabilities. The human interactions are the variables within their work, and this is often an unseen aspect of the radiographer’s role.
Radiographers’ knowledge, attitude and adherence to standard COVID-19 precautions and the policy implications: a national cross-sectional study in Nigeria
Published in Annals of Medicine, 2023
Charles Ikechukwu Ezema, Okechukwu Felix Erondu, Ogochukwu Kelechi Onyeso, Chiedozie James Alumona, Andrew Wueseter Ijever, Charity Ndidiamaka Amarachukwu, Amaeze Augustine Amaeze
COVID-19 patients mostly present with respiratory disorders which require a radiological investigation for diagnosis [7]. Lung imaging is usually mandatory for the assessment of disease severity and to guide clinical management [8]. Radiographers are health care workers who conduct radiological investigations such as lung ultrasound, computed tomography of the lungs and chest X-ray of COVID-19 patients. Radiographers come in close contact with patients during positioning, equipment manipulation, and while performing a radiological investigation [9]. Their close contact with the patients exposes them to this highly contagious and infectious disease. Hence, radiographers are among the professionals at risk of health care associated infection [9,10]. Moreover, there was a high sociocultural-related COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among HCWs in West Africa [11–13], including radiographers in Ghana whose 40.7% were reported noncompliant with vaccination [13].
Professional development needs and decision-making of new graduate physiotherapists within Australian private practice settings
Published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2023
Yixin Zou, Allexandra Almond, Roma Forbes
Despite the recognized importance of PD, it is unclear how new graduate physiotherapists form their PD preferences and needs. There is a lack of understanding of the driving forces behind the pursuit of PD and the factors influencing their decision-making within physiotherapy. Mid-career dentists have reported pragmatic considerations specifically relating to skill acquisition and legislative requirements when choosing PD (Brown and Wassif, 2015). Grehan, Butler, Last, and Rainford (2017)identified the motivations for radiographers to pursue PD, including personal interests and the prospect for skill development and competence improvement. Conversely, a significant organizational and social influence has been reported in the nursing profession, where nursing staff tends to rely on the workplace to determine their PD needs (Page, Pool, Crick, and Leahy, 2020).
Subjective symptoms of SMFs and RF energy, and risk perception among staff working with MR scanners within two public hospitals in South Africa
Published in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2022
Purposive sampling was used to enrol all the study participants. MR staff included maintenance engineers (two) from Philips (3 T) and Siemens (1.5 T) companies, two cleaning personnel members who rotated shifts in hospital A, MRI unit, and four radiographers who were assigned to work in the MRI units of both hospitals. An additional nine radiographers (one from hospital A and eight from hospital B), who were identified to have received in-house MRI safety training and frequently worked in the MRI room (where the scanner is located), also were enrolled for the study. Two medical physicists, both stationed in their respective hospitals, and four radiologists who were available at the time of data collection, were approached for participation. Of the latter group, only three reported rotating between the two hospitals.