In April of 2019, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) released a position statement outlining reasons for limiting the routine use of fetal and gonadal shielding in medical imaging. This position statement has since been endorsed by the American College of Radiology (ACR), the Canadian Organization of Medical Physics (COMP), the Health Physics Society (HPS),the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR), the Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM), and the Image Gently Alliance. We understand this is a substantial change in clinical practice, and will continue to work with sites in this transition.
Click here to review the AAPM’s Frequently Asked Questions regarding the policy shift.