What year were IR(ME)R And IRR established - ACCURATE ANSWER2017
What does IR(ME)R and IRR stand for - ACCURATE ANSWERIonising Radiation (Medical Exposure) regulations
Ionising radiation regulations
What does IRR deal with - ACCURATE ANSWERExposure to employees and the public
What does...
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What year were IR(ME)R And IRR established - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅2017
What does IR(ME)R and IRR stand for - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) regulations
Ionising radiation regulations
What does IRR deal with - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Exposure to
employees and the public
What does IR(ME)R deal with - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Exposure
to patients for medical and non-medical procedures
What factors does the IR(ME)R regulate - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅-Justification of X-rays
-optimisation (lowest dose needed to give sufficient quality)
-clinical audit
-training
-research exposure
-medico-legal exposure
,-Significant accidental or unintended exposures (SAUE)
What is the main principle of IR(ME)R - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅ALARP
What does ALARP stand for - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅As Low As
Reasonably Practicable
What are DRLs? - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Diagnostic Reference
Levels
Guideline of dose levels for typical examinations for averaged sized
patients.
Levels should not be exceeded in normal practice.
What are the roles and responsibilities of the referrer - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅-Health care professionals that can request and refer
individuals for a radiograph
-must follow employers and local procedures
-required to supply practitioner with sufficient medical information
, What are the roles and responsibilities of the operator - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅-carries out the radiograph
-optimises radiograph
What are the roles and responsibilities of a practitioner - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅-this is a radiologist or radiographer
-justify all medical exposures
-decide if exposures are in patient best interest
IRR & IRMER
Effective dose - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅whole body - Sieverts
Equivalent dose - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅related to organs or
tissue - Sieverts
Occupational limit doses - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅20msv in
calendar year and 50msv in a year
For a examination to occur what made be taken into account -
ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅benefits must outweigh the risk of
exposure. Must have sound clinical reason
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