Table 3.
Trigger values | |
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Fluoroscopy time | > 60 min |
Air kerma area product (or dose area product) |
For cardiac and neurological procedures: > 300 Gy.cm2 or 30,000 cGy.cm2 or 30,000 µGy.m2 or 300,000 mGy.cm2 For other procedures: > 500 Gy.cm2 or 50,000 cGy.cm2 or 50,000 µGy.m2 or 500,000 mGy.cm2 |
Cumulative air kerma (dose) at the interventional reference point | > 5 Gy or 5000 mGy |
Measure peak skin dose | > 3 Gy or > 3000 mGy |
Number of cine acquisition series | > 20 |
Trigger events | |
Observed radiation injury | |
Patient had multiple procedures within the last 12 months | |
Wrong procedure performed | |
Procedure performed on the wrong patient | |
Unknown pregnancy at time of procedure |