Ask a Technologist :: Safety Question
October 14th, 2009
Author: RadStudent12SubjectSafety Question
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:17 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 1
I've recently been accepted to a community college based radiology program. Part of the acceptance to this program was doing a 6 hr observation at a local hospital. During this observation I went on a couple of portable exams. Now that I am a student, I realize the tech did things that my professors would frown upon. My question is this, when I went on the portables with the tech he, not I, wore any lead aprons, as we are taught to wear in class. This observation was months ago and I can't remember if he, the tech, even instructed me to leave the room. Was I exposed to radiation, either in the room, or just outside, without wearing a lead apron? I am a young female and have become paranoid that my gonadal area wasn't shielded when this occured. Is it only the patient who needs to be shielded? Should I be concerned that I wasn't or am I being over paranoid?
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