Abstract
Five Years Review of Occupational Dosimetry Program at A Tertiary Care Hospital and Comparison With UNSCEAR 2008 Report
Highlights
Systematic reviews of the occupational radiation dose records in the medical field serve many purposes
The objective of this work was to compare our tertiary care medical Centre occupational radiation dose levels to the ones published in the UNSCEAR 2008 report
The reported personal doses in this study are based on the reading of Hp (10) which is the dose received by tissue at 10 mm below the skin surface and is considered equivalent to the dose delivered to the whole body, often noted as whole body dose on the personal dosimetry report
Summary
Systematic reviews of the occupational radiation dose records in the medical field serve many purposes. Soliman K et al Occupational radiation doses in medicine the as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) concept in radiation protection regulations at the national level. It allows the identification of areas in need for optimization of radiation protection practice at the local level. It may serve as assurance to the employees that their work place has adequate radiation protection measures and infrastructure or there is a need to improve the safety of their workplace depending on radiation dose levels observed. Radiation doses received by the technologist are very low or even non-measurable
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