How do you protect yourself against radiation exposure when you work with it all day long – but cannot feel, smell, or see it?
Our new DoseAware Personal Dose Meter system makes the invisible visible to improve your radiation dose awareness and help you work healthier in X-ray environments.
Real-time dose meter for real-time feedback
Currently we are the only global healthcare company that offers a real-time dose meter solution. The standard thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) reports on accumulated radiation dose exposure after a period of time.
DoseAware provides instant, time-stamped feedback in the examination room so staff can immediately adjust their working habits to minimize radiation exposure. DoseAware does not replace the TLD as a legal dose meter.
Advantages of a real-time dose meter
- Gives you the information you need to manage your own X-ray dose exposure
- You see when and where X-ray dose was acquired on your personal dose meter so you can take the appropriate action during a procedure
- You can easily check your exposure level with one glance at the colored display in the examination room
- Facilities can archive, report, and analyze radiation data to maintain high levels of occupational safety
Radiation exposure is a growing concern
There is a growing need for medical professionals to get more timely information about radiation exposure so they can reduce their radiation risk. Studies show that collective radiation dose to the U.S. population has doubled since 1960 and the annual effective radiation dose from medical procedures has increased six times since 1960. Large-scale programs in low dose risk research have been established in the U.S., Japan and Europe to study these issues.1
+ Ways to lower your X-ray dose while working
“DoseAware offers great potential for optimizing awareness of X-ray dose”
Barry T. Katzen, M.D., Medical Director, BCVI, Miami
How our DoseAware dose meter system works
Staff working in an X-ray environment wear a Personal Dose Meter (PDM). It measures the X-ray dose received and is wirelessly connected to the BaseStation, which is mounted in the examination room. All staff can see in a glance if their received dose is in the red, yellow, or green area. They can then take action to reduce their X-ray exposure if possible. | 
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Dose Manager supports healthy working practices
All X-ray dose history information from our Personal Dose Meters can be automatically retrieved by the optional DoseManager software.It collects all data for reporting, exporting, and archiving. Reports on trends, rooms, procedures, etc. can be used to develop and maintain occupational safety procedures for people working in X-ray environments.
Also see:
Sources:
1. Radiologic and Nuclear Medicine Studies in the United States and Worldwide: Frequency, Radiation Dose, and Comparison with Other Radiation Sources—1950–2007, Fred A. Mettler, Jr., et al., Radiology, November 2009; Report of High Level and Expert Group on European Low Dose Risk Research, European Communities, 2009
Ways to lower your X-ray dose while working - Wear DoseAware personal dose meter for instant feedback on radiation exposure
- Wear protective lead aprons and a lead thyroid collar to shield yourself from scatter radiation as appropriate
- Use shielding screens to shield yourself from scatter radiation
- Avoid standing in the direct path of the X-ray beam
- Move farther away from the X-ray source
- Limit the total X-ray beam-on time
- Select low dose rate fluoroscopy to reduce the amount of radiation emitted
- Avoid oblique lateral projections
- Keep the SID low and the table high
- Use collimation and limited beam size to reduce radiation exposure
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