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Read MoreX-ray Program Community Portal Announcement The Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control is in the midst of modernizing our document management processes. As part of this, we are creating a web-based Community Portal for electronic submission of applications for licenses, permits, and registrations. This portal will be a place where X-ray registrants can submit …
Read MoreAmong experts there is no universal agreement on whether there is a risk associated with the small amounts of radiation exposure received from medical x-rays and if there is a risk what is the likelihood (probability) of harmful effects arising at some future date. Different methods have been formulated in an attempt to estimate risk. …
Read MoreEquipment Evaluation Guidance The following Equipment Evaluation Guidelines are provided in PDF format. Angiography and Cardiology Cath Lab Fluoroscopic (51 KB) Computed Tomography (54 KB) Dental (237 KB) General Purpose (230 KB) Mobile C-Arm Fluoroscopic (228 KB) Under Table Fluoroscopic (238 KB) Nationwide Evaluation of X-ray Trends In 1973 the Nationwide Evaluation of X-ray Trends …
Read MoreEntrance Skin Exposures The desired state for the use of radiation in chiropractic offices is to obtain necessary diagnostic information with minimal exposure to the patient, office personnel and the general public. The Utah Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control has determined that patient exposure levels for radiographs throughout the state can vary tremendously …
Read MoreA wide range of patient exposure occurs in diagnostic radiology. For example, the entrance skin exposure (ESE) for an x-ray of a hand is only a few mR; however, ESE’s in fluoroscopy may be several thousand mR. This wide range of exposures is expected and hardly surprising. What is surprising is that even for the …
Read MoreThe following steps may be taken to reduce the ESEs from x-ray units in your office: The first step is to ensure that your x-ray unit is calibrated properly. Like cars, an x-ray unit is a machine and requires periodic maintenance. If maintenance is not conducted, the x-ray unit, will not run at its optimum …
Read MoreKeeping Radiation Exposures to X-Ray System Operators As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) in Veterinary Clinics/Hospitals Utah Radiation Control Rules require that registrants develop and implement a radiation safety program. One aspect of radiation safety programs are written radiation safety procedures which are available to all operators of the x-ray system(s). The following information is …
Read MoreIn the period 1994 to 1996 a survey of 94 x-ray units in medical facilities in Utah that perform C-Spine x-ray procedures was completed by the Division. The purpose of the survey was to evaluate exposure to a “Standard Man”. The figures below are the summaries of exposures obtained from this survey. If you have …
Read MoreBy Lisa Mechem Most of us don’t give it a second thought when we get an x -ray at the dentist’s office because we correctly assume that the equipment our doctors and dentists use has been tested for safety. We can rest easy because the radiation scientists at the Division of Radiation Control (DRC) regularly …
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