====== Radiation and other safety practices ======

  * [[https://depts.washington.edu/uwerad/wordpress/?page_id=75| Gadolinium and renal impairment]]:Needs Login
  * [[https://depts.washington.edu/uwerad/wordpress/?page_id=51 | Guidelines for iodinated contrast and renal impairment]] :Needs Login
  * [[https://depts.washington.edu/uwerad/wordpress/?page_id=46 | Radiation in Pregnancy]] :Needs Login


===== Helpful articles =====
 


  * [[http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/175/5/1239| Improving Patient Safety: Effects of a Safety Program on Performance and Culture in a Department of Radiology]] //AJR// 2009; 193:165-171; DOI:10.2214/AJR.08.2086
  * [[http://radiology.rsna.org/content/253/2/293.full| National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Report Shows Substantial Medical Exposure Increase]] //Radiology// 2009 November 253, 293-296. doi:10.1148/radiol.2532090494
  * [[http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/19/4/1037.full | The AAPM/RSNA Physics Tutorial for Residents
Radiation Safety Considerations for Diagnostic Radiology Personnel]] //Radiographics// 1999 Jul-Aug;19(4):1037-55. PMID: 10464807 
  * [[ http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/27/4/909.full | Radiation Exposure and Pregnancy: When Should We Be Concerned? ]] //Radiographics// 2007 Jul-Aug;27(4):909-17; discussion 917-8. PMID: 17620458
  * [[http://bjr.birjournals.org/cgi/reprint/70/829/102.pdf |Radiation protection awareness in non-radiologists]] //BJR// 70(1997),102–106 
  * [[http://radiology.rsna.org/content/251/1/175.full | Recurrent CT, Cumulative Radiation Exposure, and Associated Radiation-induced Cancer Risks from CT of Adults ]] //Radiology// April 2009 , 251, 175-184. doi:10.1148/radiol.2511081296
  * [[ http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/188/6/1447 |ACR Guidance Document for Safe MR Practices: 2007]]  //AJR// 2007; 188:1447-1474 DOI:10.2214/AJR.06.1616
  * [[http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/191/4/1129 | MRI Safety Update 2008: Part 1, MRI Contrast Agents and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis ]]  //AJR// 2008; 191:1129-1139 DOI:10.2214/AJR.08.1038.1
  * [[http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/191/4/1140 | MRI Safety Update 2008: Part 2, Screening Patients for MRI]]   //AJR// 2008; 191:1140-1149 DOI:10.2214/AJR.08.1038.2