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All medical and healthcare practitioners have a duty of care to their patients. As part of this duty of care, practitioners are required to give sufficient information about all aspects of the examination, including the risks involved. It is the responsibility of the radiographer performing CTC examinations, therefore, to ensure that patients have been provided with the necessary information, including related risks, to enable informed consent to be established. Radiographers must work within the scope of their practice and the expectations set by the professional and regulatory bodies of the country in which they practise.
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Appendix: Broad Levels of Risk for Common X-Ray Examinations and Isotope Scans
Appendix: Broad Levels of Risk for Common X-Ray Examinations and Isotope Scans
X-Ray examination (nuclear medicine or isotope scan) | Equivalent period of natural background radiation | Lifetime additional risk of cancer per examinationa |
|---|---|---|
Chest Teeth Arms and legs Hands and feet | A few days | Negligible risk Less than 1 in 1,000,000 |
Skull Head Neck | A few weeks | Minimal risk 1 in 1,000,000 to 1 in 100,000 |
Breast (mammography) Hip Spine Abdomen Pelvis CT scan of head (Lung isotope scan) (Kidney isotope scan) | A few months to a year | Very low risk 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 10,000 |
Kidneys and bladder (IVU) Stomach-barium meal Colon-barium enema CT scan of chest CT scan of abdomen (Bone isotope scan) | A few years | Low risk 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 1,000 |
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Ramlaul, A., Gregory, T. (2016). Informed Consent. In: Bortz, J., Ramlaul, A., Munro, L. (eds) CT Colonography for Radiographers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29379-0_3
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