OCCUPATIONAL DOSE ASSESSMENT IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY IN SERBIA
| Autor: | Olivera Ciraj-Bjelac, Vojislav Antic, Jelena Stankovic, Predrag Bozovic, Danijela Arandjic, Jelica Kaljević |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cardiology Nurses Radiology Interventional 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Radiation Dosage Effective dose (radiation) 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences Radiation Protection 0302 clinical medicine Protective Clothing Occupational Exposure Physicians Lens Crystalline medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiometry Eye lens Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Interventional cardiology Equivalent dose business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Radiation Exposure 3. Good health Occupational dose Radiography Fluoroscopy Calibration Workforce Dose assessment Occupational exposure Nuclear medicine business Serbia Algorithms |
| Zdroj: | Radiation Protection Dosimetry |
| ISSN: | 1742-3406 0144-8420 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/rpd/ncv439 |
| Popis: | The objective of this work is to assess the occupational dose in interventional cardiology in a large hospital in Belgrade, Serbia. A double-dosimetry method was applied for the estimation of whole-body dose, using thermoluminescent dosemeters, calibrated in terms of the personal dose equivalent H-p(10). Besides the double-dosimetry method, eye dose was also estimated by means of measuring ambient dose equivalent, H*(10), and doses per procedure were reported. Doses were assessed for 13 physicians, 6 nurses and 10 radiographers, for 2 consequent years. The maximum annual effective dose assessed was 4.3, 2.1 and 1.3 mSv for physicians, nurses and radiographers, respectively. The maximum doses recorded by the dosemeter worn at the collar level (over the apron) were 16.8, 11.9 and 4.5 mSv, respectively. This value was used for the eye lens dose assessment. Estimated doses are in accordance with or higher than annual dose limits for the occupational exposure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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