Radiation safety education reduces the incidence of adult fingers on neonatal chest radiographs
| Autor: | Brent Burbridge, N Sahota, Meghan D. Duncan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Safety Management Radiography Radiation Dosage Fingers Young Adult Radiation Protection Occupational Exposure Medicine Humans Waste Management and Disposal Occupational Health business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Saskatchewan body regions Radiation exposure Intensive Care Neonatal Safety education Body Burden Female Radiography Thoracic Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection. 34(2) |
| ISSN: | 1361-6498 |
| Popis: | A previous audit revealed a high frequency of adult fingers visualised on neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) chest radiographs—representing an example of inappropriate occupational radiation exposure. Radiation safety education was provided to staff and we hypothesised that the education would reduce the frequency of adult fingers visualised on NICU chest radiographs. Two cross-sectional samples taken before and after the administration of the education were compared. We examined fingers visualised directly in the beam, fingers in the direct beam but eliminated by technologists editing the image, and fingers under the cones of the portable x-ray machine. There was a 46.2% reduction in fingers directly in the beam, 50.0% reduction in fingers directly in the beam but cropped out, and 68.4% reduction in fingers in the coned area. There was a 57.1% overall reduction in adult fingers visualised, which was statistically significant (Z value − 7.48, P < 0.0001). This study supports radiation safety education in minimising inappropriate occupational radiation exposure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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