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| The annual average radiation dose per person from all sources is about ___ mrems. |
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| International standards allow up to ____ mrems of radiation exposure per year for those who work with and around radioactive material. |
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| Describes any potential threat to the well-being of a human being: |
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| Describes an improvement of the quality of life of a human being: |
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| What are the two common methods of expressing risk? |
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- perceived risk
- risk comparisons |
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| A unit of measurement created by Dr. John Cameron that compares the radiation one would receive diagnostically vs the radiation one would receive via natural background radiation: |
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| Background Equivalent Radiation Time (BERT) |
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| (True/False) Radiation protection guidelines usually assume that there is no threshold or level below which no effects will be seen. |
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| Ordering of imaging tests not because they are needed but because the physician wants to be sure that a lawsuit is out of the question describes: |
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| What are the three common goals of radiologic science professionals? |
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1. To promote diagnostic/therapeutic efficacy of examinations
2. To provide radiation protection
3. To provide the highest level of patient care possible |
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| What is the public's first line of defense against excess radiation? |
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| the radiologic technologist |
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| ___ is a measure of the genetic exposure to the population from diagnostic and other forms of ionizing radiation. It indicates the the genetic load on the population. |
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| Genetically Significant Dose (GSD) |
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| In 1982, in the professional journal 'Radiologic Technology', Franz indicated that there are two modes of practicing radiation. What are they? |
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1. apathetic technologists
2. actively involved technologists |
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| The technologist professional societies concerned with promoting the best use of ionizing radiation possible to increase the diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of examinations and radiation protection are: |
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- American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
- Technologist Section/Society of Nuclear Medicine (TS/SNM) |
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| To prove negligence, these four items must be satisfied: |
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1. It must be shown that a duty on the part of the professional exists
2. If a duty is shown, a breach of duty must be shown
3. The cause must be due to an action on the part of the professional
4. If cause is proven, an injury must be proven |
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| Some x-rays will pass through the patient and some will be absorbed describes: |
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