ABC | Volume 114, Nº1, January 2019

Statement Position Statement of the Brazilian Cardiology Society and the Brazilian Society of Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology on Training Centers and Professional Certification in Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology – 2020 Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020; 114(1):137-193 Quality Control Quality control measures include: a. The service should monitor all procedure doses and maintain the records of patient doses for consultation. b. The radiation protection program should establish dose limits for investigation, in the event of patient overexposure, and patients who exceed the program’s established dose must be followed up, with the entire investigation duly registered and attached to his or her medical record. Medical and care teams must also have their doses monitored and registered monthly with the use of a dosimeter, and cases where monthly and/or annual doses are exceeded must also be investigated. c. It is recommended that procedure doses be described in their procedure reports. d. It is recommended that the service implement monthly indicators that refer to radiation exposure and that these be widely disseminated among the members of medical and care teams. 159