The Joint Commission: Accreditation, Health Care, Certification (JCAHO) recently released new requirements regarding accuracy of Dose Area Product (DAP) or (KAP) meters as applied to fluoroscopy applications. While this is a new requirement, Radcal has provided a solution to independently measure DAP and KAP for over 10 years. This solution is the Radcal PDC (Patient Dose Calibrator). The PDC is a reference class instrument for “field calibration” of patient dose measurement and control systems. The PDC is simple to use, displaying DAP (KAP) and dose rate during an exposure then automatically switching to display accumulated DAP (KAP) and dose on exposure completion.
For more information, visit radcal.com/dapcheck-pdc/.
