New guidelines strengthen the ALARA approach and confirm a fresh period of workplace health in fluoroscopy-guided procedures

, /PRNewswire/ -- Salus Scientific has embraced the release this week of a significant multi-society expert consensus statement marking one of the largest steps forward in occupational radiation safety in many years.

Issued jointly by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), and Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), the consensus statement identifies Enhanced Radiation Protection Devices (ERPDs) as a key step forward in shielding healthcare workers who conduct fluoroscopy-guided interventions.

For Salus Scientific, the document signals more than updated advice. It shows how healthcare groups are rethinking occupational wellness in meaningful ways.

Clinicians have long treated scatter radiation exposure and the strain of lead garments as fixed parts of procedural work. The new statement questions that view and urges organizations to adopt tools and methods that lower radiation exposure while easing the physical load of traditional protection.

This outlook sits at the core of Salus Scientific's purpose.

"At Salus Scientific, our purpose has always been to design safer labs without trade-offs," said Todd Flohr, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Salus Scientific. "This consensus statement marks an important point for our field because it affirms that safeguarding those who devote their careers to patient care warrants the same innovation long applied to patient outcomes. Occupational wellness must now be treated as a core element of every modern interventional lab."

Salus Scientific sees the publication as part of a wider shift in procedural medicine that reaches past radiation reduction alone.

The company continues to build technologies, clinical data, physician training programs, and rollout plans that assist hospitals in forming safer procedure settings while preserving efficiency, access, workflow, and performance.

As health systems review fresh options for staff safety, Salus Scientific regards physician-driven evidence and cross-specialty cooperation as vital for effective uptake.

"Through this cross-specialty consensus statement, we are rousing a sleeping giant," said Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Salus Scientific. "For too long we have not done enough to shield healthcare workers from radiation scatter and the orthopedic harm tied to procedural work, and many now face the results. The data are clear, and the call to act is plain: We must move forward!"

"We possess effective technologies that meaningfully cut radiation exposure and reduce orthopedic strain while keeping workflow intact," Dr. Rosenfield added. "These options continue to advance quickly. There are no longer sound reasons to delay their use. Healthcare institutions must supply the means to protect all members of the procedure team - technicians, nurses, fellows, and physicians - and to secure the workforce ahead. This consensus statement urges the healthcare community to establish enhanced radiation protection as a required standard of care."

The publication also supports the ongoing growth of the ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) principle by noting that engineering progress now allows further cuts in occupational radiation exposure without harming procedure results.

Salus Scientific views this as the start of a new phase in procedural medicine where physician safety, staff wellness, and patient care move from competing aims to shared goals.

The company stays dedicated to working with physicians, hospitals, medical societies, and health systems to build clinical evidence, back education, and speed adoption of new technologies that boost occupational wellness throughout procedural medicine.

"Engineering Safer Labs. Without Compromise. is more than our slogan; it is the vision that steers all our efforts," Flohr added. "This consensus supports the path our industry is taking, and we are pleased to stand with clinicians and healthcare leaders who share our focus on protecting the teams that enable lifesaving procedures each day."

About Salus Scientific

Salus Scientific is The Occupational Wellness Company, focused on engineering safer labs without trade-offs. Through new technologies, education, clinical evidence, and occupational wellness solutions, Salus Scientific assists healthcare organizations in lowering risk, enhancing workplace safety, and safeguarding healthcare professionals every case, every day.

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