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Rad Safety/Med Legal
Patient Care and Safety
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tort | Wrongful act committed against a person "personal injury lawsuit" |
| Particulate Radiation | High speed particles in motion |
| Lead | High atomic number-it absorbs radiation through the photoelectric effect |
| Negligence | Unintentional act that brings harm to the patient |
| Gyt | Gray-Radiation energy deposited in tissue as radiation is absorbed |
| Incident Report | Written report documenting errors, injuries or unusual occurrences affecting a patient immediately after it takes place |
| TLD, OSL Luxel, Ionization Chamber, Film Badge | Types of dosimeters |
| Ionizing Radiation | Capable of removing orbital electrons from atoms, damaging cells and DNA as it passes through matter |
| Battery | Bodily contact without permission, with or without resulting injury |
| Assault | The threat of touching someone in an injurious way |
| ALARA | As low as reasonably achievable |
| Inverse Square Law | The intensity of the beam is inversely proportional to the square of the distance |
| Respondeat Superior | "Let the Master Answer" Employer held liable for employees negligence |
| Res Ispa Loquitur | "The Thing Speaks for Itself" Evidence of the negligence is undeniable |
| Oral, Implied and Informed consent | Oral-agrees, low risk procedures Implied-in emergencies Informed-signs, understands pros, cons, alternative treatments |
| Gya | Air Kerma-Measures exposure as radiation passes through the air |
| 1 Sv= _______mSv | 1000 |
| Dosimeter | Device worn by radiation workers to measure exposure received |
| Litigation | Another name for a lawsuit |
| False Imprisonment | Holding a patient against their will or without consent |
| Defamation of Character | False statements that hurt a person's reputation |
| Electromagnetic Radiation | Bundles of energy travelling through space at the speed of light-no mass or charge |
| Cardinal Principles of Radiation Protection | Time, Distance and Shielding |
| Sv | Equates all types of radiation and expresses occupational radiation dose |
| Invasion of Privacy | Divulging personal or private information about a person without their consent |
| Borrowed servant | One directing the employee has greater responsibility than the one paying the employee |
| Reasonable Care | HC worker is protected if they provided a level of care equal to a comparable practitioner in a similar circumstance |
| Lifetime Cumulative Dose (LCD) | 10mSv x age |
| Dose limit once LCD has been reached | 10 mSv per year |
| Annual dose limit for a fetus | 5 mSv over the entire gestational period |
| Duty of Care | Common standards of practice expected of a comparable practitioner-protects patient |
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EHodgis
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