BASHORE
ET AL., ACC/SCA&I CLINICAL EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT
ON CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY STANDARDS
JACC VOL. 37, NO. 8, JUNE 2001:2170-214
American
College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiac Angiography
and Interventions Clinical Expert Consensus Document
on Cardiac Catheterization
Laboratory Standards
A
Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force
on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents
Writing
Committee Members
Thomas
M. Bashore, MD, FACC, Chair; Eric R. Bates, MD, FACC;
Morton J. Kern, MD, FACC; Peter B. Berger, MD, FACC;
Warren K. Laskey, MD, FACC; David A. Clark, MD, FACC;
Martin P. O’Laughlin, MD, FACC; Jack T. Cusma,
PhD Stephen Oesterle, MD, FACC; Gregory J. Dehmer, MD,
FACC; Jeffrey J. Popma, MD, FACC
Task
Force Members
Jonathan
Abrams, MD, FACC; Mark A. Hlatky, MD, FACC; Eric R.
Bates, MD, FACC; Judith S. Hochman, MD, FACC; Bruce
R. Brodie, MD, FACC; Sanjiv Kaul, MBBS, FACC; Pamela
S. Douglas, MD, FACC; Cynthia M. Tracy, MD, FACC Gabriel
Gregoratos, MD, FACC; David D. Waters, MD, FACC; William
L. Winters, Jr, MD, MACC
Table
of Contents
IX.
Radiation Safety Issues
A.
Terms for Understanding Radiation Exposure in the
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
B. Biological
Risks From Radiation Exposure
C. Measuring
Radiation Exposure
D. Minimizing
Occupational Exposure
E. Minimizing
Radiation Exposure to the Patient
F. Quality
Management
X.
Special Concerns for the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization
Laboratory
A.
Differences in Goals
B. Who Should Perform
Catheterization in Adult Congenital Heart Disease?
C. Quality Assurance
Issues
D. Inpatient
Versus Outpatient Setting for Procedures
E. Operator
and Laboratory Volume
F. Procedural
Issues
Tables
and Figures
References
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TM, Bates ER, Berger PB, Clark DA, Cusma JT, Dehmer
GJ, Kern MJ, Laskey WK, O’Laughlin MP, Oesterle
S, Popma JJ. Cardiac Catheterization laboratory standards:
a report of the American College of Cardiology Task
Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents (ACC/SCA&I
Committee to Develop an Expert Consensus Document on
Catheterization Laboratory Standards). J Am Coll Cardiol.
2001;VOL.
37, NO. 8:2170-214.
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