Radiation safety and knowledge: what do we know?
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* Alaa Abd-Elsayed

*   pain management
*   education
*   technology

## Abstract

Interventional pain physicians are exposed to radiation while performing different procedures. Provenzano *et al* 1 conducted a study that aimed at examining the current safety practices and knowledge among interventional pain physicians.

Study findings indicated lack of both knowledge and implementation of evidence-based radiation safety measures.

![Figure1](http://rapm.bmj.com/https://rapm.bmj.com/content/rapm/46/6/477/F1.medium.gif)

[Figure1](http://rapm.bmj.com/content/46/6/477/F1)

## Footnotes

*   Contributors AA-E designed and prepared the infographic.

*   Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

*   Competing interests None declared.

*   Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

*   Received February 8, 2021.
*   Accepted February 9, 2021.


*   © American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

## Reference

1.   Provenzano D , Florentino S , Kilgore J . Radiation safety and knowledge: an international survey of 708 interventional pain physicians 2021;46:469–76.[doi:10.1136/rapm-2020-102002](http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2020-102002)