New ACR-AAPM radiation safety officer resources available

Published on:

Reston, Va. (April 23, 2015) — The ACR-AAPM Radiation Safety Officer Resources is now available for physicians and medical physicists serving as radiation safety officers at medical facilities. This new document was developed jointly by medical physicists from the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

“The new resource explains, organizes and provides links to essential federal and advisory resources that every radiation safety officer needs to have at their fingertips,” said Richard Geise, PhD, Chair of the ACR Commission on Medical Physics and Certified Radiological Physicist at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.

Jessica Clements, MS, project chair and Chief Physicist at Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles added “The resources also provide useful sample policies, procedures and forms to help both new and veteran radiation safety officers.”
To speak with an ACR spokesperson, contact Shawn Farley at 703-648-8936 or PR@acr.org.

Related Content

Clinical decision support significantly reduces use of CT for pulmonary embolism
Frequent AI use may increase radiologists’ risk of burnout
CMS approves new MRI standards related to remote scanning
Patients frequently fail to obtain follow-up imaging. Could radiologist-referrer disagreements be to blame?
Hospitals pilot policies to test older radiologists’ mental and physical fitness
Does placing a patient’s photograph in the EHR influence radiologist behavior?

Around the web

Health Imaging
Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.