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| This Policy is No Longer Active. |
| Policy number |
Policy name |
Policy date |
Sunset date |
| PS 2-A |
Dose Management in Diagnostic Radiology |
11/29/2017 |
12/31/2022 |
Section
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| Policy source |
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November 29, 2017 Board of Directors Meeting
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| Policy text |
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The benefit of medical imaging in saving lives and improving patient treatment is well established. Thus, medical imaging should be used when clinically appropriate. It should also be performed using the lowest radiation dose necessary to accomplish the clinical task. However, arbitrary reduction of patient radiation dose without regard to degraded image quality is potentially harmful to the patient and contrary to providing proper medical care. Qualified medical physicists and imaging physicians should work together to develop optimized protocols that appropriately balance the anticipated medical benefits from a diagnostic quality exam with the
potential risk from ionizing radiation.
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