{"id":313,"date":"2010-02-16T12:42:40","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T18:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2010\/02\/16\/medical_radiation_from_radiolo_1\/"},"modified":"2013-05-09T19:50:20","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T01:50:20","slug":"medical_radiation_from_radiolo_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/medical_radiation_from_radiolo_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Radiation From Radiology Scans to be More Stringently Regulated Per New FDA Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/default.htm\">The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)<\/a> announced that it is working with other entities to launch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/Radiation-EmittingProducts\/RadiationSafety\/RadiationDoseReduction\/ucm199994.htm\"><em>The Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging<\/em><\/a>.  The purpose of the initiative is to promote safer use of all relevant medical imaging devices, to support and increase the degree of clinical decision making, and to further patient awareness.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative is part of a growing movement to increase the safety of life-saving diagnostic and therapeutic radiation and prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337431.html\">Illinois radiology errors<\/a> from occurring.  The FDA has promised to take steps towards increasing its regulatory supervision of some of the more powerful forms of medical radiation, including fluoroscopy, CT scans, and nuclear medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these forms of radiology can deliver enough radiation in one exposure to equal almost 400 chest x-rays.  Obviously with scans this powerful it is important that the medical community is making informative decisions as to the appropriateness of their use and practicing safe administration of these tests.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/medical_radiation_from_radiolo_1\/#more-313\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is working with other entities to launch The Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging. 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