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<div dir="auto">Happy Monday mammography physicists!</div><div dir="auto"></div><div dir="auto"></div><div dir="auto">I am looking to gain some insight from others with a situation on this topic.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The GE Pristina QC manual in the medical physics section specifically states in a note that the STD+/STD+ 3D/2D combination acquisition exceeds the 3mGy limit by design and “shall not be used” in countries where the institution is ruled by MQSA. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">While the default mode settings can easily be set to another, this STD+ dose mode can be selected on the console during patient imaging.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">According to GE applications and tech-support, there is no way to lock this +\+ combination from being selected. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Leaving this dose mode selection available for the tech during clinical use seems problematic; I would personally want to turn it off as an available selection. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Has anyone else dealt with this? </div><div dir="auto">And if so, how are you ensuring compliance?</div><div dir="auto">Am I interpreting this correctly?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div style="font-size:inherit" dir="auto"><div><img src="cid:19f1459783d96782bec1" style="max-width: 100%;"></div>Any and all comments are helpful. Thanks for your time!</div></div><div dir="auto"></div><div dir="auto"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Respectfully,<div>David Erickson, MS, DABR</div><div>Diagnostic Imaging Medical Physics</div><div><a href="mailto:david.dephysics@gmail.com" target="_blank">david.dephysics@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div></div>