Occupational radiation exposure to the head is higher for scrub nurses than cardiologists during cardiac angiography

Aims This study aimed to compare the head dose of a cardiologist to scrub and scout nurses during cardiac angiography. Design A correlational longitudinal quantitative design was used to examine the relationship between the variable of occupational dose to the medical operator when compared with the dose to the scrub and scout nurses. Methods A quantitative analysis was performed on data collected during coronary angiograms ( N = 612) for one...