Protection. It
must never be overlooked that there are definite professional risks associated
with radium therapy. The foremost of these is due to careless handling of
unfiltered radium. Lack of precaution in this regard is a pernicious habit
leading to the possibility of serious injury to the fingers. No radium tube or
plaque should ever be touched with the hands; all manipulations should be
carried out with forceps. In applying a plaque to a patient, it should be held
in place with forceps until necessary strapping can be done. If a distance
block is to be used, it should be affixed to the patient, and then the radium
applicator secured in place, rather than attaching the radium to the block
before it is applied. Threading of radium needles should be done with the
active portion inserted into a lead block; the thread or wire should be held
with forceps. If much radium or radon is to be handled, a proper work bench
should be provided, with a lead screen sufficiently thick to afford protection
to the body of the operator. Lead rubber gloves and aprons afford no
appreciable protection against gamma rays. It may be that the gloves are of
some service in handling beta ray sources, but it is probable that they make
the operator so clumsy that manipulations cannot be adequately carried out.
Dexterity and speed are important. Each individual responsible for the
preparation of
radium applicators should be assisted to work out satisfactory techniques, and
these should be adhered to. Radium not in use should be kept in lead boxes
distant from the personnel. Suitable treatment rooms should be provided so that
patients with radium applied do not remain in the vicinity of medical or
clerical staff members.
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Symptomatology
- symptomatology
- Objective Symptoms
- Elementary Lesions
- General Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Detail
- Regional Prediliection
- Skin Disorders
- Radiation Therapy
- Radiation For Skin
- Application of Radiation is Great
- Dosage Of Radiotherapy
- Radiation Therapy Side Effects
- SURGICAL DIATHERMY
- Current and Apparatus of Surgical Diathermy
- Operative Technique of Surgical Diathermy
- Indications for Surgical Diathermy
- Dermatoses Due To Physical Causes
- Burns
- Miliaria
- Treatment of miliaria
- Erythema Ab Igne
- Injuries Due To Cold
- Chilblain
- Frostbite
- Erythrocyanosis Crurum
- Angiokeratoma Of Mibelli
- Cutis Marmorata ( Livedo Reticularis )
- Sunburn
- Chronic Actinic Dermatitis
- Ephelis
- Xeroderma Pigmentosum
- Colloid Degeneration Of The Skin
- Hydroa Vacciniforme
- Porphyria
- Roentgen And Radium Dermatitis
- Local Clinical Reactions
- Acute Radiodermatitis