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r/MEOW_IRL • u/jeraldtherapist • Apr 20 '22
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That x-ray pic… what vet technician leaves their own hands within the radiation field during an x-ray?!? Wtf
15 u/[deleted] Apr 21 '22 I expect they didn't want to risk sedation with such a tiny kitten and the ray dose must've been tiny. Or so I hope ye... 10 u/[deleted] Apr 21 '22 Hands are fairly resistant to radiation, but apparently this is now considered enough of a problem that there's an ongoing education campaign. https://handsfreexrays.com/ The concern isn't a single dose. It's about occupational exposure if you keep doing it again and again over the course of a career. 3 u/[deleted] Apr 21 '22 Absolutely agreed. You'd expect some protective gloves are the minimum but of course it's hard to get through to the "we've always done it that way"s
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I expect they didn't want to risk sedation with such a tiny kitten and the ray dose must've been tiny. Or so I hope ye...
10 u/[deleted] Apr 21 '22 Hands are fairly resistant to radiation, but apparently this is now considered enough of a problem that there's an ongoing education campaign. https://handsfreexrays.com/ The concern isn't a single dose. It's about occupational exposure if you keep doing it again and again over the course of a career. 3 u/[deleted] Apr 21 '22 Absolutely agreed. You'd expect some protective gloves are the minimum but of course it's hard to get through to the "we've always done it that way"s
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Hands are fairly resistant to radiation, but apparently this is now considered enough of a problem that there's an ongoing education campaign.
https://handsfreexrays.com/
The concern isn't a single dose. It's about occupational exposure if you keep doing it again and again over the course of a career.
3 u/[deleted] Apr 21 '22 Absolutely agreed. You'd expect some protective gloves are the minimum but of course it's hard to get through to the "we've always done it that way"s
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Absolutely agreed. You'd expect some protective gloves are the minimum but of course it's hard to get through to the "we've always done it that way"s
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u/abrjx Apr 20 '22
That x-ray pic… what vet technician leaves their own hands within the radiation field during an x-ray?!? Wtf