OVERVIEW OF OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION EXPOSURE IN MEDICAL WORKERS IN SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL, BETWEEN 2014 AND 2017
| Autor: | Rogério Machado, Ana F. Maia, Djeimis William Kremer, M. V. T. Navarro, Nadja Fernanda de Andrade Franco, Regina Dal Castel Pinheiro, Davi Alves da Silva, Vanessa Lorena Souza de Medeiros Freitas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Diagnostic Imaging
MEDLINE Registration system 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Radiation Monitoring Occupational Exposure Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Radiation Exposure medicine.disease Occupational dose Radiation exposure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Medical emergency Health Facilities Nuclear Medicine business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Radiation protection dosimetry. 183(3) |
| ISSN: | 1742-3406 |
| Popis: | This study assessed occupational radiation doses in Santa Catarina, Brazil, from 2014 to 2017. Data were collected from Sistema de Informacao Estadual de Radiacoes Ionizantes (SIERI), a compulsory occupational dose registration system established in Santa Catarina in 2014. Most doses were registered as lower than the dosemeter recording level (RL; 99.12%). Diagnostic radiology workers registered doses higher than the RL (61.13%) more frequently than nuclear medicine workers; however, the former received lower doses. Nuclear medicine workers represented 38.87% of dosemeter values higher than the RL, but their mean doses were higher. The professionals who registered the highest doses across both categories were radiology technologists/technicians and nursing workers. Establishment of a compulsory information system is important for monitoring the safety of workers. This study compiled data from the first few years of the SIERI program. Here, we report the current status of exposure in Santa Catarina. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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