Tips to reduce the Radiation exposure in Fluroscopy

• Keep beam ON-time to an absolute minimum!
• Always use tight collimation!
• Do not overuse the magnification mode.
• Keep the image intensifier as close to the patient as possible, and the tube as far away from the patient as possible.  
• Keep the kVp as high as possible considering the patient dose versus image quality. 
• Keep tube current (mA) as low as possible. 
• Minimize room lighting to optimize image viewing. 
• Do not overuse the high dose rate. 
• Personnel must wear protective aprons, use shielding, monitor doses and know how to position themselves and the machines for minimum dose. 
• Change projections angle for long procedures to minimize local skin doses.
• Remember that the X-ray output, patient dose, and area scatter levels increase for larger patients.

"Tips to reduce the Radiation exposure in Fluroscopy"