DOSE AREA PRODUCT MEASUREMENT IN ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA -An attempt at establishing a local diagnostic reference level-
The Ionizing Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000
IR(ME)R recommends the establishment of local DRLs
DRL?
National Protocol on dose measurements NRPB (1992)
Aims
Methods
All examinations Philips BV 300 image intensifier
DAP measured with air ionization chamber attached to a digital output.
54 examination excluded – polytrauma /unclear
SUMMARY OF DAP DATA ( cGycm2 )
The minimum, maximum and median values
PPT Slide
A DRL is not a dose limit
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Baseline for a local DRL.
A DRL is not intended as a guide to optimal performance but more as a trigger for situations that are considerably away from the optimum.
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