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=== Magnetic Resonance Imaging Student Pregnancy Policy === | === Magnetic Resonance Imaging Student Pregnancy Policy === | ||
Pregnant students are permitted to work in and around the | Pregnant students are permitted to work in and around the MRI environment throughout all stages of their pregnancy. Acceptable activities include but are not limited to: positioning patients, scanning, archiving, injecting contrast material, and entering the MRI scan room in response to an emergency. Although permitted to work in and around the MRI environment, pregnant students are requested not to remain within the MRI scanner bore or Zone IV during actual data acquisition or scanning. | ||
'''Pregnancy''' | '''Pregnancy''' | ||
The pregnancy policy is a voluntary program intended to provide safety for pregnant students and their fetus that are considered occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation. In the event of a suspected or confirmed pregnancy, it is the responsibility of the student to advise her program director in writing of her condition. Pregnancy will not affect the student’s enrollment in the academic courses in the program. However, due to the physical requirements placed upon the student in the clinical courses and assignments, and in order to comply with 180 NAC 004.13 (10 CFR Part 20.1208) to keep the radiation exposure to the fetus as low as reasonably achievable (no more than 500 mrem during the entire gestation period), the following procedures will apply: | The pregnancy policy is a voluntary program intended to provide safety for pregnant students and their fetus that are considered occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation. In the event of a suspected or confirmed pregnancy, it is the responsibility of the student to advise her program director in writing of her condition. Pregnancy will not affect the student’s enrollment in the academic courses in the program. However, due to the physical requirements placed upon the student in the clinical courses and assignments, and in order to comply with 180 NAC 004.13 (10 CFR Part 20.1208) to keep the radiation exposure to the fetus as low as reasonably achievable (no more than 500 mrem during the entire gestation period), the following procedures will apply: | ||
# The student may voluntarily report suspected or confirmed pregnancy to the program director. At that time the UNMC/ Nebraska Medicine policies and procedures and the | # The student may voluntarily report suspected or confirmed pregnancy to the program director. At that time the UNMC/ Nebraska Medicine policies and procedures and the MRI Program Specific Policies and Procedures pregnancy policy will be reviewed with the student. Once the student has elected to declare suspected or confirmed pregnancy, the student should: | ||
# Complete the “UNIVERSITY of NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER DECLARATION OF PREGNANCY” [[:File:Unmc-declaration-of-pregnancy.pdf|form]] and forward it to the Radiation Safety Office. | # Complete the “UNIVERSITY of NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER DECLARATION OF PREGNANCY” [[:File:Unmc-declaration-of-pregnancy.pdf|form]] and forward it to the Radiation Safety Office. | ||
# The Radiation Safety Office will determine the estimated radiation dose from time of conception to the date of declaration based on dosimetry records and calculate the permissible remaining dose to the embryo/fetus for the remainder of the pregnancy. (See [[:File:Unmc-declaration-of-pregnancy.pdf|form]]). | # The Radiation Safety Office will determine the estimated radiation dose from time of conception to the date of declaration based on dosimetry records and calculate the permissible remaining dose to the embryo/fetus for the remainder of the pregnancy. (See [[:File:Unmc-declaration-of-pregnancy.pdf|form]]). | ||