Efficiency Test Of Colimator Shutter At The X Ray Tube In Radiodiagnostic Laboratory Of Poltekkes Jakarta 2 And Two Clinical Hospitals In Jakarta

Gando Sari (Politeknik Kemenkes Jakarta II)
Gita Putri Wahyuni (Politeknik Kemenkes Jakarta II)

SANITAS: Jurnal Teknologi dan Seni Kesehatan
Vol 8 No 1 (2017): SANITAS Volume 8 Nomor 1 Tahun 2017

The purpose of this study was to determine the efficiency of the collimator shutter with the presence or absence of leakage from the collector slit of the x-ray equipment. The type of research used is qualitative method using descriptive cross sectional method, conducting collimatory slot testing against x-ray equipment in laboratory and two installation of Radiology field of clinical practice for student of Radiodiagnostic and Radiotherapy of PoltekkesKemenkes Jakarta II. Result, there was a leakage of collimation shutter with marked blackening on x-rayfilm, on 8 (eight) x-ray equipment, there was a full leakage (very significant), and there was a big leak, and there was a slight leakage. Conclusion, in this research there is one x-ray equipment according to the standard reference (golden standard), set by Permenkes No. 1250 / Menkes / SK / XII / 2009 that is SH x-ray equipment in Y hospital.