Originally Posted by
Sorority Luchesi
")I know that hospitals would shut down the entire radiology department if a machine were to malfunction that would compromise the safety of the people in the building.
Please don't speak of something you know nothing about. ENTIRE Radiology Departments are NOT SHUT DOWN when an x-ray tube goes bad.
I personally have BLOWN an x-ray tube while completing an exam. And it usually happens towards the end of life of an x-ray tube and using too high of a technique for too long for exposure in my situation.
We simply shut that room down until it can be replaced. Rampant out of control x-rays are not being created when an x-ray tube goes bad.
So don't go scaring the FT community.
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