Manitoba's Radiation Dose Management

Facilities must comply with the following radiology standards according to The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba:

"5.4 Radiation Dose Management

 5.4.1 A facility must:


5.4.1.1 establish and maintain Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) for routine examination protocols for average sized patients.

5.4.1.2 adopt dose reduction strategies to minimize patient dose, which must include:

       1. the “As Low As Reasonably Achievable” (ALARA) principle.
       2. providing radiation shielding to all vulnerable body areas that are not included in the examination.
       3. dose reduction technologies.
       4. examination protocols which take into account body habitus, body mass index or lateral width..."

Please click HERE to access the Manitoba Diagnostic Imaging Standards PDF which states Manitoba's Quality Assurance standards in Radiology.

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