Precautions for Safe Use
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Chapter 2
Precautions for Safe Use
2.1 Safe Use Period, Manufacture Date and Validity
The device is valid for 10 years. The validity is a safe use period. For manufacture date,
please see the label on the device enclosure.
2.2 General Rules for Safe Use
a) The device shall ONLY be used by medical practitioners with professional
qualification or be used under the guidance of medical practitioners with
professional qualification.
b) Follow the operating requirements in this manual strictly.
c) Use in a protective/shielded room or radiation controlled environment.
d) Use the dose parameter provided by radiologists or diagnostician. Use the dose
that produces the best diagnostic results and the minimum dose for X-ray
exposure.
e) It is necessary to have X-ray protection. During X-ray exposure, the operator
should wear protective clothing and stand behind the lead shield or the lead glass
shield, and other unrelated persons should be kept away from the imaging site.
Time protection: all personnel should minimize the time stayed in the X-ray field.
Distance protection: all personnel shall keep as far away as possible from the
X-ray source.
Shield protection: Doctors and accompanying persons shall use lead products
such as lead gloves, lead clothing and lead glasses or stand behind the lead
glass shield for X-ray exposure.