In the event that a pregnant patient is inadvertently irradiated

a. the radiographer performing the examination should perform the calculations necessary to determine fetal dose.
b. the imaging department manager should perform the calculations necessary to determine fetal dose.
c. the radiation safety officer or the medical physicist should perform the calculations necessary to determine fetal dose.
d. the administrator of the hospital or imaging facility should perform the calculations necessary to determine fetal dose.


c. the radiation safety officer or the medical physicist should perform the calculations necessary to determine fetal dose.

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