Winter in the X-ray room – how to prepare for the increase in the number of patients?

Will winter surprise your X-ray facility?

As temperatures and hours of sunshine drop, and sidewalks become icy, it's easy to fall into a trap. Working by rote, with a multitude of things on your mind, is a surefire recipe for an unplanned hospital visit, with severe pain and a cloud of question marks accumulating in your head.

If you spend long shifts in a radiology lab and see a surge in patients after the first frosty mornings, you might have your own question marks on the specialist side.

• With the new rotation scale, am I sure I have 100% control over the exposure level?

• Doesn't time pressure cause preparation errors that force repeated exposures?

• Can I reduce FOV, collimation, and exposure time in response to increased load?

• Am I still in control of the risks during rotation upon exit and entry into the exposure zone?

• Does the geometry of the room and the design of the current permanent shields correspond to the sudden need for a larger number of people, including caregivers, to be present in the laboratory?

• Is it possible to reorganize the table and detector setup in a short time without risk if I want to deal more efficiently with uncooperative patients ?

These question marks may recur while you're working or on your way home. But you can replace them all with a single, comprehensive one.

What if you audited the potential higher burden? 

This is the starting point for a new design of a system of radiation protection solutions that will allow for a wider range of activities without increasing health risks.

Why is it worth approaching it this way?

Because every radiology technician deserves to work in safe conditions. Choosing this specialization is a noble choice considering the risks they face.

The knowledge provided by diagnostic imaging saves lives and health. For us, the lives and health of specialists are equally important, which is why we develop proprietary solutions with full commitment and a passion for safety. And to ensure installations are as fast, reliable, and transparent as possible, we manage the entire project under one umbrella – JS-METALS.

Our experience, combined with responsibly developed X-ray protection technology, is accumulated in each of the products that make up comprehensive systems:

• fixed covers,

• X-ray windows made of lead glass,

• specialized X-ray doors,

• sliding solutions.

If you can imagine working every day in a safe X-ray facility that is not even afraid of being burdened with patients suffering from typical winter injuries, take the first step.

Tell us about your radiation protection. We'll advise you on how to verify, quickly improve, or comprehensively modernize it. You can trust us; we've completed similar processes over 200 times. Contact

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