[Oradlist] [Fwd: MEDHP-SEC: FDA Radiological Health Program Update: Dose Reduction Initiative]

[S. Julian Gibbs]

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Subject: MEDHP-SEC: FDA Radiological Health Program Update: Dose Reduction
Initiative
From:    "Jacobus, John (NIH/OD/ORS) [E]" <jacobusj at ors.od.nih.gov>
Date:    Tue, April 20, 2010 1:48 pm
To:      "Diagnostic Imaging Physics List" <DXIMGMEDPHYS at HERMES.GWU.EDU>
         "medhp-sec at hps1.org" <medhp-sec at hps1.org>
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-- John
John P. Jacobus, MS, CHP
Senior Health Physicist
National Institutes of Health
Division of Radiation Safety
21 Wilson Drive, MSC 6780
Bethesda, MD 20892-6780
USA
john.jacobus at nih.gov
Phone and voicemail -- 301-594-4018
FAX -- 301-496-3544

From: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
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Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:26 PM
To: Jacobus, John (NIH/OD/ORS) [E]
Subject: FDA Radiological Health Program Update: Dose Reduction Initiative

Through the Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from
Medical Imaging
http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationSafety/RadiationDoseReduction/ucm199994.htm
1, FDA is advocating the universal adoption of two principles of radiation
protection: appropriate justification for ordering each procedure, and
careful optimization of the radiation dose used during each procedure.
Each patient should get the right imaging exam, at the right time, with
the right radiation dose. 

FDA held a public meeting entitled "Device Improvements to Reduce
Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging" on March 30-31, 2010.
The main topic was dose reduction in procedures using computed tomography
(CT) and fluoroscopy equipment.  The meeting included both presentations
from interested members of the public and round table discussions on
specific aspects of the dose reduction issue featuring experts in the
field.  The purpose of the meeting was to get feedback for use in
improving safety of CT and fluoroscopy equipment, enhancing operator
training and improving facility quality assurance practices.  CDRH will
accomplish this by developing guidance and requirements for industry and
by working with various public and private partners.  The meeting agenda
is posted here:
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/ucm201448.htm
  Watch these pages for more announcements and future activities.
 
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S. Julian Gibbs, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Emeritus
Dept. of Radiology & Radiological Sciences
Vanderbilt University

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a
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                        --Niels Bohr