Dosimeter Location in Pain Physicians

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: RAD
• Interventions: Device: Hand Dosimeters; Device: Standard Practice

• Registration Number: NCT06309407
• Lead Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University

Brief Summary

The primary objective is to determine if there is a significant difference in radiation readings between dosimeters worn on the chest versus the hand of interventional pain management physicians and elucidate which dosimeter had higher readings.

The secondary objective is to track incidences of physician glove breaches in both groups to assess if wearing hand dosimeters is associated with an increased risk of this event.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-09-23
• Primary Completion: 2023-04-21
• Study Completion: 2023-04-21
• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-03-07
• Study First Posted: 2024-03-13
• Results First Submitted: 2024-05-07
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-07-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-17
• Results First Posted: 2024-08-13
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• Physicians actively performing fluoroscopy procedures at the Comprehensive Pain Center.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those that do not want to participate in the quality improvement project.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Chest and Hand Dosimeters	Hand Dosimeters	Subjects will wear both chest and hand dosimeters during all radiation procedures performed at the Comprehensive Pain Center during the study period.
Chest Dosimeter	Standard Practice	Subjects will wear only a chest dosimeter during all radiation procedures performed at the Comprehensive Pain Center during the study period.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Radiation Readings	6 months	Dose equivalent in mREM for each dosimeter that is worn by the subject.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total Number of Glove Breach Events	6 months	Number of intra-procedure glove breaches

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Oregon Health & Science University; 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States