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Essential Goal of Radiation Safety - Answer-To prevent injury from exposure to ionizing radiation What type of supervision is required for an RVT to operate radiographic equipment? Who can supervise? - Answer-Indirect Supervision. Veterinarian. What type of supervision is required for an unre...

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California RVT Exam Study Guide
Radiation Safety Questions and Answers
Essential Goal of Radiation Safety - Answer-To prevent injury from exposure to ionizing
radiation

What type of supervision is required for an RVT to operate radiographic equipment?
Who can supervise? - Answer-Indirect Supervision. Veterinarian.

What type of supervision is required for an unregistered assistant to operate
radiographic equipment? Who can supervise? - Answer-Direct Supervision. Registered
Veterinary Technician or Veterinarian.

Personnel monitoring equipment/devices include: - Answer-Film badges, thermo
luminescent dosimeters (TLD), pocket dosimeters, and ring or wrist badges

Most Commonly Used Personnel Monitoring Devices - Answer-Film badges and thermo
luminescent dosimeters (TLD)

Location of personnel monitoring equipment (devices) - Answer-At the thyroid level on
the collar outside the apron. Also if the fluoroscopy is used, an additional ring or wrist
band must be worn

How often does personnel monitoring need to be performed? - Answer-Monthly or
Quarterly

Minimum requirement for protective aprons and gloves - Answer-0.25mm lead-
equivalent

Recommended exposure factors for protective apron/glove testing - Answer-85 kVp, 10
milliampere-seconds (mAs), 40-inch focal-film distance

Why must protective aprons and gloves be stored properly? - Answer-It increases their
lives and effectiveness

True or False: Gloves and aprons protect very well against primary beam radiation. -
Answer-False. Protective gloves and aprons are suited for protection against scatter
radiation only.

6 Radiation Safety Procedures - Answer-1) Increase or maximize distance between the
operator and the source of radiation
2) Use chemical and mechanical restraints whenever possible to eliminate the need for
holding a patient during the radiographic exposure.

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