Efficacy of the RADPAD Protective Drape During Real World Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Procedures

Occupational Radiation Exposure During Endovascular Aortic Repair

“…However, these shielding can be unpractical and violate sterility especially when lateral projection is necessary. Also literature shows that RadPad drape is effective for reduction of upper body and hand doses, when not placed in the central beam or obscuring relevant regions [11,26]. This study and discussion might lead to consideration of further optimization of the radiation dose protection measures by the authors and the readers.…”

Radiation exposure to operating room personnel and patients during endovascular procedures

“…The average operator dose was 125 mSv (80-171). The highest doses were observed from the anesthesia PDM (268 mSv ), while the lowest doses were noted for the scrub nurse and RT (26 mSv and 19 mSv [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28], respectively). The mean doses to the scrub nurse, RT, and anesthesia relative to the operator dose are shown in Fig 3. In a typical case, the anesthesia PDM received 2.09 (1.55-2.81) times the average operator dose, while the scrub nurse and RT received 0.14 (0.09-0.23) and 0.14 (0.10-0.19) times the dose, respectively.…”

“…The disposable protective drape is a relatively new development that has shown dose reductions in several studies. [14][15][16] The use of an automated contrast injector enables personnel to leave the room during DSA runs. Significant dose reductions have been shown with the use of an injector, 17 and our own experience suggests operators would see a one-third dose reduction if they left the room during DSA runs.…”

A retrospective study of radiation dose measurements comparing different cath lab X‐ray systems in a sample population of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions

“…In our experience, the access site does not adversely affect radiation exposure . The RADPAD protective drape is used routinely to reduce staff exposure .…”