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Image Gently Campaign

The Need to “Child-Size” Radiation Dose in Paediatric Imaging

Children are more sensitive to radiation than adults and cumulative exposure to their growing, smaller bodies could, over time, have adverse effects. To help ensure that imaging providers account for these factors, the College of Radiology Academy of Medicine of Malaysia has joined the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Paediatric Imaging (www.imagegently.org).

Alliance member organizations urge that when performing imaging exams on children, radiologists should:

• Significantly reduce, or “child-size,” the amount of radiation used  
• Not over-scan:
  • Scan only when necessary
  • Scan only the indicated region
  • Scan once; multi phase scanning (pre-and post-contrast, delayed exams) is rarely helpful
• Be a team player:
  • Involve medical physicists to monitor pediatric CT techniques 
  • Involve technologists to optimize scanning

World Health Organisation

Code of Practice on Tobacco Control for Health Professional Organisations

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the world today. It causes serious health problems. At the WHO Informal Meeting on Health Professionals and Tobacco Control – 28-30 Jan 2004 in Geneva, the Code of Practice on tobacco control for health professional organisations was adopted and signed.

Get the Code of Practice now.
 

College of Radiology Recommendations

Updated Position on Whole Body Screening CT in Healthy Asymptomatic Individuals [62kb]

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Interventional Radiology [103kb]

Recommendations & Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Mammography (including Digital Mammography) [114kb]

Magnetic Resonance Safety and Quality [201kb

Is Whole Body Screening CT Scan Justified?

The need for a Mammogram Disclaimer?
 

Industry Standards

Industry Standards for the prevention of work related musculoskeletal disorders for sonographers.


Download Preventionforsonographers.pdf (119kb)

Guidelines

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last updated Wednesday, 14 September 2011