Student Handbook 2013 - Merced College

especially true if you haven’t been visited for a mid-term evaluation. If you have
not been evaluated due to an absence on your part, it will be particularly
important that you make arrangements to ensure you are available for the next
CS visitation. Keep in mind that a one-to-one student-technologist ratio must be
maintained at all times.
N. Handwashing
Students are required to wash or sanitized hands prior to donning gloves and to
rewash hands after removing gloves. Students are also required to wear gloves
with every patient.
O. Personal Protective Equipment-PPE (gloves, face masks,
booties, gowns, hair covers, nets, etc.)
All PPEs should be removed and disposed of properly once an exam is
completed and before the student moves out of the patient’s room to prevent the
spread of infection.
P. Miscellaneous
When not busy, there will be no loitering. Use idle time for studying and
pathology case review. Now is the time to ask questions about specific
examinations or procedures you're unsure or curious about.
It is the student’s responsibility to seek out sonographic learning
experiences. Students should have equitable and open communication with
their clinical instructor/coordinator/preceptor.
Students who appear to lack interest in the clinical learning environment may
be asked to leave by the sonographer, or may fail to be included in more
desirable forms of learning.
Seek first to understand by sharing your clinical needs with your preceptor.
Be prepared to answer to your program director: “What did you learn at clinic,
yesterday?”
XIV. Clinical Radiation Protection Rules
Although the Sonography Department generally is exempt from radiation tracking, as
students working in a medical imaging department you may be required to participate in
procedures that use both ionizing and non-ionizing energies. As such the procedure is
as follows:
Procedure
The following safety rules have been established for the protection of the patient,
other personnel and you from ionizing radiation during your hospital observation
and clinical education. These rules are a combination of state and federal
regulations and/or laws and additional guidelines condensed from man's 110+
years experience with ionizing radiation. These rules are mandatory and any
exception must be reported to the Department Manager and Program Director as
soon as possible.
Policy
1. Regarding dosimetry badges:
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