PRACTICAL RADIATION PROTECTION IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY

Venue: British Dental Association, LondonCPD: 6 RCR CREDITS

19 APRIL 2018

Bayer have part funded this event

This event is organised in

association with the Society and College of Radiographers

PPE for all? Making it fit multiple usersMrs Sharon Jones, Superintendent Radiographer, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Discussion session: Using lead protection on patients – should you?Dr Philip Cosson, Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Radiography, Tesside University; Mr Andrew Scally, Senior Lecturer, University of Bradford

Lunch

Dealing with comforters and carers and patient’s family membersMr Andrew Scally, SeniorLecturer, Faculty of HealthStudies, University of Bradford

Managing Personal monitoringMr Andy RogersHead of Radiation PhysicsNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

11:45

12:10

12:50

13:50

14:15

Registration and refreshments

Welcome and introductionMr Peter Hiles, Clinical Physicist and Radiation Protection Adviser, Head of Radiation Physics, Glan Clwyd Hospital

2018: A new era in X-ray regulationsMr Peter Hiles, Clinical Physicist and Radiation Protection Adviser, Head of Radiation Physics, Glan Clwyd Hospital

Quality assurance in the 21st centuryDr Gail Johnston, Belfast Health and Social Trust

Reject analysis in a digital ageMr Daniel Shaw, Senior Clinical Scientist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Refreshments

Grids – their uses today Dr Craig Moore, Medical Physicist and Radiation Protection Adviser, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Ms Deborah Cook, Radiographer, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

09:00

09:30

09:35

10:00

10:25

10:50

11:20

This meeting seeks to address practical problems in radiation protection applied to diagnostic radiology and to provide some solutions. The main focus will be issues covered by the Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017, particularly related to staff and diagnostic X-ray equipment.

Educational aims:• To provide an update on current practice in radiation protection• To highlight potential issues arising from the most recent regulations governing

medical X-ray use

This course provides 6 CPD credits in accordance with the CPD Scheme of the Royal College of Radiologists

PRACTICAL RADIATION PROTECTION IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGYVenue: British Dental Association, LondonCPD: 6 CREDITS

14:40

15:05

15:35

16:00

16:25

16:35

Categorising incidents - a whole new languageLynda Johnson, Professional Officer for Clinical Imaging, Society and College of Radiographers

Refreshments

DRLs – what are they, what to do with them?Mrs Sue Edyvean, Head of Medical Dosimetry Group, Public Health England

Ask the experts

Closing remarks

Close of event

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PRACTICAL RADIATION PROTECTION IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY

Venue: British Dental Association, London