Assessment of Radiation Protection practices among University Students, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 3
Abstract
Radiation protection in medicine has unique aspects and is an essential element of medical practice.It is the science and art of protecting people and the environment from the harmful effects of ionizing radiation. Use of Ionizing radiation in medical imaging is one of the powerful diagnostic tools, and accurate knowledge of radiation protection will affect the radiographers safety behaviors during practice.The aim of the study is to assess Radiologic Technologist workers radiation exposure in routine radiology workflow and the extent of following the Radiation Protection principles in Buraydah city, Al-Qassim State, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Total of 110 radiologic technologist students who were posted in various hospitals were included in this study and datawas collected through well-structured pretested self-administered questionnaire and Thermoluminescence Dosimetry (TLD) measurements were done at the end using TLD 4500 reader at Medical Physics Lab of Qassim University. The study was conducted during the period from Sep 2015to May 2016. In this study all participants were University undergraduate internship students from Radiologic Technology department. All the participants (100%)had used TLD cards as personal dosimeter.Majority of the participants(92%) were aware that lead apron should be used while taking radiographs and86% of the participants had the knowledge that doors and walls consists of lead.In this study, the TLD cards havingtwo chips of Lithium-Fluoride(Li-F) crystals were used to assess the Deep dose and Shallow dose exposures of radiologic technologists during routine work in Radiology department in Hospitals. All the radiation exposure measurements were found to be under the limits of Annual maximum permissible dose designated by International Commission on radiation Protection (ICRP) and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .Our study found that all the technologists followed the ALARA( As low as reasonably achievable) radiation safety principle successfully.
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Abdulrahman A. Al- Sayyari, Sunil Kalagi
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