Beginning in 2024, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences are no longer using lead aprons (also known as “shields”) on patients undergoing X-rays. This change reflects advancements in X-ray technology and
Shielding Update for Patients | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins is updating our imaging practice to remove lead shields during x-ray exams. This is based on updated research and lower amounts of radiation used during imaging exams. This change applies to all of our patients, and is recommended from leading medical and radiation safety organizations.
Lead-Based Shields No Longer Recommended for Routine X-Rays
2022年9月27日 · That’s why lead-based shields will no longer be used during routine imaging exams for most patients at Duke Health clinics, starting in October. The change, which Duke calls “Shed the Lead,” follows recommendations from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements and other organizations including the American College of ...
Lead shielding no longer recommended for patients having X-rays
2022年10月7日 · All patients, regardless of age, sex or pregnancy status, will no longer wear a lead apron during an X-ray in the ER, orthopedics, dental or imaging areas of the hospital and C.A.R.E. Building. Parents holding children receiving an X-ray will still wear one because they are not the ones being treated.
Lead aprons are no longer needed for patients during X-ray exams
At Yale Health facilities, lead aprons are no longer used on patients undergoing routine X-rays. The X-ray technologists at these facilities always follow the ALARA principle (As Low As Reasonably Achievable). This means they will use the lowest amount of …
Studies have found that when x-ray exams of the belly are performed, lead shielding was misplaced 50-90% of the time. Even when shielding is positioned accurately, it still offers limited protection because radiation can bounce off the nearby tissues and …
Changes to Lead Shielding Guidelines for X-Rays and CT Scans
It’s now an outdated practice: The American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the American College of Radiology no longer supports shielding patients’ reproductive organs and fetuses during imaging studies that use radiation, such as …
X-Ray Shielding Guidelines | Diagnostic Testing | Cheshire …
Cheshire Medical Center and other Dartmouth Health members are discontinuing the use of lead X-ray shielding as of May 10, 2021 according to guidance from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
now recommend that shielding during x-rays is no longer needed. This applies to both males and females of all ages — infants, children and adults — as well as women who are pregnant.
X-ray Shielding FAQ - Nationwide Children's Hospital
More than 50 years of research has shown that levels of radiation used in modern X-ray machines are so low that the risk of harm is very small or even zero. That’s why we are no longer using shields, sometimes called lead aprons, during X-ray exams. Here are answers to some of our most frequently asked questions.