How to Answer: How do you measure radioactivity of your patient and colleagues?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Nuclear Medicine Technologist job interview.
15. How do you measure radioactivity of your patient and colleagues?
How to Answer
Because different tissues and organs have varying sensitivity to radiation exposure, the actual radiation risk to different parts of the body from an x-ray procedure varies. Tell the interviewer that you exercise the International Atomic Energy Agency's radiation protection guidelines.
Written by Rachelle Enns
1st Answer Example
"My colleagues and I wear a radiation dosimeter. We track the levels of radiation each time the patient comes in for treatment."
Written by Rachelle Enns
2nd Answer Example
"Ongoing monitoring allows management of image quality, of radiation risk to patients and operators."
Written by Heather Douglass