Occupational radiation exposure risks include the physical ______ effects occurring in the exposed person. Effects can include cancer that may occur years after exposure to radiation.
Employees that have declared a _________ are never to hold patients during radiographic procedures and are to leave the room during radiograph procedures.
Repeat and Rejections are classified into four reasons including technique error, poor__________, processing error, and blurred image
Only a licensed ____________ may order a radiographic procedure for a patient of At Home Animal Clinic.
At intervals not to exceed 24________, performance evaluations will be performed on radiation producing equipment.
A daily ___________ log must be maintained for all radiographic procedures performed. The log must contain information about Patient Identification, Radiographic Study, technique Settings, Accepted Images, Retakes, & Staff Identification
At Home Veterinary Clinic requires __________ badges be worn at the neck near the level of the thyroid outside of the lead shielding by employees whenever an exposure to radiation is possible.
The primary beam should be ____________ so that the radiation beam does not exceed the size of the image plate. Controlling the size of the beam can shield personnel from scatter radiation.
Malfunctioning x-ray equipment should not be used until after it has been _______ and repaired.
At Home Animal Clinic provides _________ charts that are posted near the radiographic equipment that include information about settings specific to anatomical location, patient size, Kvp setting, MAs , and source to image distance.
Employee dosimetry records will be maintained for ______ years.
Increasing _______ from the source of radiation will reduce the amount of radiation received by an equation known as the inverse square law. The farther a body part is from the source of radiation, the less the exposure.
A _______ is prohibited by law from being present with their pet during a radiographic procedure. If they refuse to be separated from their pet, then the radiograph procedure cannot take place.
The ______ radiation safety principle minimizes radiation doses by employing all reasonable methods of time, distance, and shielding.
The anatomical area and the patient’s ______ determine the proper technique settings
In case of emergency, disconnect the main ________ supply to the x-ray equipment.
Employee’s hands nor any other part of their body should be in the _______ beam when holding a patient during a radiographic procedure.
The ________ is a unit of measure used to relate the absorbed radiation dose into human tissue to the effective biological damage of the radiation.