Shareefah Shereef
Shareefah Shereef is Head of Technicians and Radiation Protection Department at Aldabbous Cardiac Center in Kuwait and a member of the EAPCI Nurses & Allied Professions committee, focused on radiation safety in the cath lab.
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Aug 20, 2026
Angeliki KolydaHOST
What do they have to know about the rules and regulations that they have to follow during any procedure? All this stuff in the cat lab.
Shareefah ShereefGUEST
Everything we do in radiation safety comes back to one principle, ALARA, as low as reasonably achievable.
Shareefah ShereefGUEST
So whenever possible, we have to reduce the fluoroscopy time and stay as far as possible from X-ray tube and use proper shielding.
Shareefah ShereefGUEST
Technology is taking radiation safety to the next level and it can significantly reduce scattered radiation.
Shareefah ShereefGUEST
There is advanced shielding systems in different designs which can provide full body protection while reducing reliance on heavy lead aprons.
Shareefah ShereefGUEST
Also, we have live dosimeters that shows your radiation dose in real time during the procedure.