Fluoroscopy Radiation Safety — Initial Training (Group D)
Initial fluoroscopy radiation safety training for Group D staff who help manage patient radiation (NCRP Commentary No. 33): six modules, module quizzes, final exam and a didactic certificate.
Course Description
Initial fluoroscopy radiation safety training for nonoperators who contribute to patient radiation management during fluoroscopic procedures, for example a technologist or nurse who monitors dose during the case — Training Group D under NCRP Commentary No. 33. Six video modules (each followed by a short quiz), then a final exam and a certificate for the didactic portion. Your facility provides the facility insert (its fluoroscopes, signs, policies and radiation safety contacts) and any machine-specific instruction. This online course and its certificate cover the didactic portion.
Learning Objectives
- Explain justification and optimization, and how Group D staff assist operators with patient radiation
- Describe the dose quantities a fluoroscope reports and the biological effects they relate to
- Apply time, distance, shielding and protective equipment, and wear dosimeters correctly
- Recognize fluoroscope indicators, image outputs and stops at an awareness level
- Support communication with patients and, where your duties include it, pregnancy screening; know the declared-pregnant-worker process
- Where you assist with Class 1 procedures, monitor dose during the case, call out notification levels, and support follow-up
Course Modules
Training Video
Narrated video training
Duration: about 128 minutes
Post-Test
Unlocks after the full video is watched; 80% to pass, 3 attempts
Certificate of Completion
Issued on passing the post-test
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$270 per seat. Buy for yourself or your whole team; each learner gets their own login.
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