Vet in court over X-ray of employee’s foot

RE: Vet in court over X-ray of employee’s foot

Nick Shackleton — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:07:16 GMT

Silly autocorrect/typo ☺️☺️☺️

RE: Vet in court over X-ray of employee’s foot

Sal the 1st — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 01:46:11 GMT

sounds like a cheery place to work - 'Et tu Brute?'

RE: Vet in court over X-ray of employee’s foot

Arlo Guthrie — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 23:58:10 GMT

Nick, that's a great typo! I think if you turned up and said you'd x-rated your foot, they'd send you somewhere completely different!

RE: Vet in court over X-ray of employee’s foot

Nick Shackleton — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:51:28 GMT

Under IR(ME)R, which is the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations, which stipulates who can and can't expose another human to infusing radiation. A vet or even a nurse is not considered a suitably qualified person to undertake this exposure. Therefore they are breaking the law. The exposure of animals to ionising radiation is governed by the Ionising Radiation Regukations. Also part of your local rules will state that you are not to expose other members of staff to ionising radiation. The correct procedure was followed by the RPS and this serve as a warning to others in the future. This may sound petty but leave it to the professionals who are suitably qualified to undertake the examination. Also what are you going to do if you spot something. Turn up at A&E and say I've broken my foot cos I've x-rated it...,,

RE: Vet in court over X-ray of employee’s foot

Ailsa Main — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:09:48 GMT

I don't think its very good practice to x-ray humans in a vets, but I do think it's a bit cheeky for the HSE to say that it is highly unlikely a vet practice would be unable to "properly maintain" x-ray equipment.