If we had a dollar for every time we get asked at Bravura “What machine should I buy” we would be living our dream life on a beach somewhere. Every day we receive unsolicited advertising that is trying to sell...
Update on ARPANSA cosmetic laser guidance documents The ARPANSA Radiation Health Committee's (RHC) IPL Working Group reported back in June and is progressing a guidance document on the use of lasers and IPL in cosmetic medicine which is likely to...
This case will hit home for health professionals! Why? Because it happened to a 56 year old nurse in Victoria. In the current edition of the Medical Journal of Australia authors (2017) Bala, Pan and Nixon report on a case...
Your laser and IPL safety programs, policies, education, audit and QA activities, and daily operational processes will need to align with new, strict Australia/NZ Standards and ARPANSA guidelines coming later in 2017. What are some things to do to prepare?...
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By guest contributor Penny J Smalley RN CMLSO MACORN It’s a three a day habit In 1981, a research group in Japan, headed by Dr. Y. Tomita ¹, found that if you vapourised one gram of tissue with a CO2...
But why should we expect them to be? Clinics are already working full tilt to deliver client care let alone have the capacity for a robust, evidence based, peer reviewed and comprehensive education program. Many clinics have a handful of...
We know that the issues around the use of laser and IPL are far wider reaching than just radiation health. The issue report ARPANSA has to deal with runs to 447 pages and analysis is expected to be lengthy with...
