[Dysphagia] Fluoro time and instructions

[sharon.manders at gmail.com (Sharon Manders)]

Hi,

Does anyone know if there is a maximum fluoro time that is acceptable for an
MBS? Our old machine had an alarm that would ring after 5 minutes. One of
our SLPs had a patient last week and the fluoro time was 11 minutes which
the Head Rad said was unacceptable and more than double what she would
consider the maximum. Can anyone point me to anything with a number or a
range?

Also, how many people instruct the patient not to swallow until they (the
SLP) have moved away from the beam (and does it work)?  Obviously not all of
our patients would be able to follow this instruction. I just want an idea
as we are having a lot of problems lately in Diagnostic Imaging. Any
thoughts and ideas are welcome.

Thanks,

Sharon
-- 
"Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of
time."
- George Carlin