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Radiation safety for health care workers in the bronchoscopy suite
1Department of Medicine, Louis A. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA.
Clinics in Chest Medicine
|April 17, 1999
Abstract:
Increased use of fluoroscopy during flexible bronchoscopy has raised concerns about radiation safety of health care workers in the bronchoscopy suite. We review the potential health risks associated with occupational radiation exposure, the monitoring devices available, and discuss the measures to reduce radiation exposure during flexible bronchoscopy.