AuntMinnie

JUNE 6, 2024

Staff operating ionizing radiation equipment in Michigan are now required to meet certain qualifications for active status and employment. The rules also establish initial and continuing education requirements for limited-scope radiographers and radiologist assistants. Read the full filing here.

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Everything Rad

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Not only are children more radiosensitive than adults (the cancer risk per unit dose of ionizing radiation is higher), but children also have a longer expected lifetime, which puts them at greater risk of cancer following radiation exposure.(1) Neither outcome is in the best interest of the patient.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

While public education programs and policy initiatives to help people stop smoking and cultural changes that make smoking less attractive are driving down smoking rates, they won’t help those already at high risk due to their smoking history or past exposure to airborne carcinogens such as asbestos fibers or coal dust.

Disease 101

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