DHS

 

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Radiation Links:

Environmental Monitoring

Radon

Mammography

Tanning

X-ray

Radioactive Materials

Radiation Protection

Publications:

Notice to Employees

Occupational Exposure Record

NEXT 
(Nationwide Evaluation of X-Ray Trends)

The NEXT survey program is a federal-state partnership that collects and documents x-ray  radiation doses patients receive.  Read the following pdf files for an overview of program and their latest data.  

NEXT is run federally by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Center for Devices and Radiological Health, and the results have been organized by the CRCPD (Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors).

  1. Overview   (PDF, 1,181 kb)

  2. Mammography Results (1992)   (PDF, 426 kb)

  3. Dental Results (1993)   (PDF, 11 kb)

  4. Chest  results (1994)   (PDF, 7 kb)

  5. Abdomen/Spine results (1995)   (PDF, 35 kb)

  6. Upper GastroIntestinal Fluoroscopy results (1996)   (PDF, 533 kb)

 

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Last Revised:  July 01, 2004