scholarly journals Pengembangan Pelatihan Pengangkutan Zat Radioaktif untuk Pemangku Kepentingan yang Terkait

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-196
Author(s):  
Nanang Triagung Edi Hermawan
Keyword(s):  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Technical Aspect ◽  
Radioactive Material ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Dangerous Goods ◽  
Success Indicators ◽  
Public Area ◽  
Security Standards

Abstract Ionizing radiation, that exposed by radioactive material as part of the nuclear energy, has been used in some activities, such as in research and development, medical, and industries fields. The radioactive material utilization needs transportation supporting activities. Transport of radioactive material is a transfer of radioactive material from one place to another place through a public area, use inland, sea, or air transportation mode. Radioactive material is existent in public area when transportation is executing needs compliance with established radiation safety and security standards. By the reasons, it is needed comprehension and competency standards for each related stake holder on transport activities. A literature study on the development of training on the transport of radioactive material for each related stakeholder has been conducted. The competency standards should include knowledge, skills, and attitudes aspect. An identified competency standards should be expressed in to training subjects, includes introduction, radiation safety technical aspects, handling of radioactive material packaged in custom area, security technical aspect, procedures for escorting of dangerous goods, management system, emergency preparedness and response, administrative procedural, and practical session for handling of radioactive material packaged. For each training, subjects should be created detail basic competencies and working success indicators as a basic for developing of curricula, syllabus, teaching material and planning. Keywords: training, radioactive material, ionizing radiation, transportation Abstrak Radiasi pengion yang dipancarkan zat radioaktif sebagai bagian dari tenaga nuklir telah dimanfaatkan di berbagai bidang kegiatan, meliputi penelitian dan pengembangan, kesehatan, serta industri. Kegiatan penggunaan zat radioaktif memerlukan dukungan pengangkutan zatradioaktif. Pengangkutan zat radioaktif merupakan pemindahan zat radioaktif dari suatu tempat ketempat lain melalui jaringan lalu lintas umum, baik menggunakan angkutan darat, laut, maupun udara. Keberadaan zat radioaktif di area public pada saat berlangsungnya pengangkutan memerlukan pemenuhan persyaratan keselamatan radiasi dan keamanan sesuai standar yang berlaku. Dengan demikian dibutuhkan pemahaman dan standar kompetensi untuk setiap pemangku kepentingan terkait. Telah dilakukan kajian pustaka dalam rangka pengembangan silabus pelatihan pengangkutan zat radioaktif untuk pemangku kepentingan yang terkait. Standar kompetensi dimaksud harus mencakup aspek pengetahuan (knowledges), ketrampilan (skills), dan sikap (attitudes). Standar kompetensi yang teridentifikasi selanjutnya diwujudkan ke dalam mata pelatihan, meliputi pengantar materi, aspek teknis keselamatan radiasi, penanganan bungkusan zatradioaktif di kawasan kepabeanan, aspek teknis keamanan, prosedur pengawalan pengangkutan bahan berbahaya dan beracun, sistem menajemen, kesiapsiagaan dan penanggulangan kedaruratan, tata laksana administratif, dan praktikum penanganan bungkusan zat radioaktif. Untuk setiap mata pelatihan harus dirumuskan rincian kompetensi dasar dan indikator keberhasilan kerja yang menjadi acuan dalam penyusunan kurikulum, silabus, hingga bahan ajar dan rencana pelaksanaan pembelajaran. Kata-kata Kunci: pelatihan, zat radioaktif, radiasi pengion, pengangkutan

Pelatihan Keselamatan dan Keamanan Radiasi Pengion di RSUP Dr Kariadi Pada Masa Pandemi

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanggam Ramantisan ◽  
◽  
Siti Akbari Pandaningrum ◽  
Suwardi Suwardi ◽  
Syarifudin Syarifudin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Security Training ◽  
Field Practice ◽  
Radiation Workers

Ionizing radiation safety in the medical field, referred to as radiation safety, is an action taken to protect patients, workers, community members, and the environment from the dangers of radiation. One of the efforts to achieve this is by increasing the qualifications of radiation workers in understanding and implementing radiation protection and safety through ionizing radiation safety and security training initiated by the Radiation Protection Officer (PPR) team at Dr. RSUP. Kariadi Semarang. During the current pandemic, implemented the training by modifying what was previously done using face-to-face and field practice into online delivery of material and making videos as a substitute for field practice. As a result, these activities can run well and smoothly. The impression from the training participants stated that this training was beneficial and should be done regularly. Keywords: training, ionizing radiation, radiation protection officer

Justification of Remediation Criteria of Uranium Legacy Sites

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-57
Author(s):  
A. Titov ◽  
N. Shandala ◽  
Yu. Bel'skih ◽  
D. Isaev ◽  
M. Semenova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Effective Dose ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Annual Effective Dose ◽  
Uranium Mining ◽  
Radioactive Material ◽  
Reference Level ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Reference Levels ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Safety Standards

Purpose: To present approaches to establishing the criteria for remediation of sites contaminated due to past activities of uranium mining and milling facilities. These facilities are considered today as uranium legacy. Results: This paper presents the justified reference levels expressed in terms of annual effective dose values, which are recommended for using as remediation criteria for sites contaminated due to past activities of uranium mining and milling facilities (uranium legacy sites). Depending on further use of the sites after remediation, these criteria range from 1 µSv/year, in case of temporary presence of the population, to 10 µSv/year, in case of permanent residence of the population and conducting economic activities. Conclusions: In accordance with the international basic safety standards, accepted more than 10 years ago, exposure situations from radioactive material retained from previous activities refer to the existing exposure situation. Nevertheless, neither Federal Law “On Radiation Safety of the Population” nor Radiation Safety Standards have so far introduced terms “existing exposure situation” covering exposure at nuclear and uranium legacy sites and “reference level”, which is used to assure radiation safety of the population living at legacy sites or using these sites for the purpose of the economic activities.

scholarly journals The importance of public health in radiology and radiation protection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Bárdyová ◽  
Martina Horváthová ◽  
Katarína Pinčáková ◽  
Darina Budošová
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Constant Attention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Many Sources ◽  
Safety Knowledge

The ionizing radiation belongs to the basic physical factors that can be measured. We forget often about its risks and the possible damage to our health. The imaging methods which use the ionizing radiation increase the diagnostics quality and they have become a certainty for many medical workers. Therefore, they are being used without rational thinking many times. With this is related to increasing the cumulative dose of patients. Next problem can be radiation safety knowledge of medical workers. The enormous increase in the use of sources ionizing radiation in medicine and rapid development, there may be a disproportionate acquisition of radiation safety knowledge of healthcare workers. At the same time, constant attention must be paid to the biological effects of radiation and realize epidemiology studies. In all the areas mentioned the public health has space. However, it is sad that presently, the radiation safety is not considered important enough in Public Health.  Based on many sources, it is safe to say that this is a major problem, because the public health itself can play an important role in radiation safety. It is important to point out, that safety and effectivity of using the source of ionizing radiation is one of the main components of Good Medical Practice.

Radiation Safety Knowledge and Practice Amongst Doctors in a Teaching Hospital in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
JE Ikubor ◽  
SN Awunor ◽  
EE Atare
Keyword(s):  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Safety Knowledge

It is important that doctors of the various specialties in a health facility requesting for radiological examinations are knowledgeable about the effect of ionizing radiation. When referring doctors know the amount of radiation their patients receive there will be justification for such investigations in line with the guiding principle of radiation protection – As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) - to minimize risk to the patient. The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge and practice of radiation protection and safety amongst doctors in a Teaching Hospital in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study using a self-administered structured questionnaire among 131 doctors in Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara. Data was analyzed using the IBM SPSS v.21. Eighty-eight (67.2%) respondents had a good knowledge of radiation safety while 49 (37.4%) of respondents had a good practice of radiation protection and safety. There was an association between the department of respondents (p=0.009), awareness of body parts sensitive to radiation (p=0.005) and their knowledge of radiation safety. Also, there was an association between the department of respondents (p=0.016), their years of experience (p=0.016) and the practice of radiation safety. Knowledge of radiation safety was high while the practice of radiation protection and safety was low amongst respondents. Gender, department of doctor and awareness of body parts that are sensitive to radiation were associated with good knowledge; while department and years of experience was associated with good practice. It is recommended that doctors receive regular updates on radiation hazards, risks and protection in order to reduce the risk of exposure of patients and health workers to unnecessary ionizing radiation.

Development of a Technical Bases Document to Support the IAEA Regulations for Safe Transport of Radioactive Material

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Bajwa ◽  
Ronald B. Pope
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Radioactive Material ◽  
Director General ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Member States ◽  
Safety Requirements ◽  
Dangerous Goods ◽  
Transport Safety ◽  
Safe Transport ◽  
Technical Basis

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is entrusted by the Social and Economic Council of the United Nations with developing safety requirements for the safe transport of radioactive material. These requirements were first published as “Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material”, Safety Series No. 6, 1961 edition (The Regulations). At the same time, the Director General of the IAEA indicated that these regulations would be revised at appropriate intervals, in consultation with Member States, and with input from other relevant organizations, as appropriate. After 50 years, over 10 revisions of the Regulations have been published. These revisions have been taking into account experiences in transport, newly identified issues, new technologies, best practices, the demand for safer transport, and harmonization. Problems, challenges, the demand for improvements, and the need to provide biennial inputs to international dangerous goods model transport regulations have driven the transport community and the IAEA in particular, to facilitate the regular review and revision of the Regulations. With the passage of time, the scientific and technical heritage of several decades of development in transport safety has begun to fade, and the requirement to capture valuable knowledge which needs to be preserved for future reference has become clear. In general, every requirement in the regulations was developed based on an appropriate technical basis. The technical basis exists in a decentralized manner in many Member States with mature nuclear programs. Easier access to the existing technical bases for the Regulations could lead to a more comprehensive understanding of the Regulations and could inform proposals for change that were previously considered but not accepted for various technical (or political) reasons. Knowledge capture and transfer can contribute to the development of and innovations in, transport safety. This paper provides an overview of the efforts to date that have been undertaken to develop a technical basis document for supporting the current transport regulations and will highlight the future plans for the development of this document.

Detecting Sources of Ionizing Radiation in the Waste Stream

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Needham
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Industrial Process ◽  
Control Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
Radioactive Waste Disposal ◽  
Radioactive Material

Why is the detection of radioactive sources important to the solid waste industry?: Radioactive material is used extensively in the United States in research, medicine, education, and industry for the benefit of society (e.g. smoke detectors, industrial process gauges, medical diagnosis/treatment). Generally speaking, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and state governments regulate the use and disposal of radioactive materials. Licensed radioactive waste disposal facilities receive the bulk of the waste generated in the United States with exceptions for low-level waste (e.g. medical patient waste) that may be disposed of as municipal waste. According to the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc (CRCPD)., there has been an increasing number of incidence involving the detection of prohibited radioactive wastes at solid waste management facilities. While the CRCPD acknowledges that the increased incidence may be partially attributed to the growing number of solid waste facilities that have detection systems, undetected sources of ionizing radiation can harm the environment, have a negative impact on employee health and safety, and result in significant remedial actions. Implementing an effective detection/response plan can aid in the proper management of radioactive waste and serve to minimize the potential for negative outcomes.

scholarly journals Knowledge and practice of radiation safety among health professionals in Trinidad

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 205031211984824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Partap ◽  
Ryan Raghunanan ◽  
Kimani White ◽  
Trevor Seepaul
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Radiation Exposure ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Image Intensifier ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Formal Training ◽  
Care Providers

Objective: To determine the practices and knowledge of radiation safety measures among health care providers in tertiary institutions in Trinidad. Design & Method: A cross-sectional survey of health care professionals within two public hospitals was conducted using a questionnaire distributed to individuals working in Cardiology, General Surgery, Internal medicine, Orthopaedics, Radiology and Urology who require the use of ionizing radiation machines. The questionnaire comprised of 30 questions divided into five subcategories including demographic data, usage of the ionizing radiation machines, basic knowledge, and attitude towards personal protective equipment as well as radiation exposure measurement. Questionnaire results were tabulated and analysed using Microsoft Excel and Stata v11 with comparative statistical analysis being done using the one-way analysis of variance test. Results: A total of 118 health care professionals participated in this study. The majority (85/118 (72%)) of individuals revealed that they had no formal training regarding safe practices when working with ionizing radiation despite the daily use of the fluoroscopy machines by at least 25% of participants. Individuals who had formal training in the use of ionizing radiation were found to score significantly higher than those without training (p < 0.0001). Participants’ knowledge regarding the proper positioning of the C-arm image intensifier to reduce radiation exposure was low with 46% of individuals providing a correct response. Conclusions: The level of knowledge among the individuals who participate in the operation of ionizing radiation equipment throughout the country is low. The benefit of training in the use of the C-arm image intensifier is highlighted by the revelation that the individuals who had formal training in the use of these machines performed better than those individuals without training. Annual recertification courses should be implemented such that individuals are kept abreast with current changes and reminded of commonly neglected safety practices.

The Professional Retraining Program in Radiotherapy for Medical Physicists

2018 ◽  
pp. 68-73
Author(s):  
А. Черняев ◽  
A. Chernyaev ◽  
П. Борщеговская ◽  
P. Borschegovskaya ◽  
С. Варзарь ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Medical Research ◽  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Research Center ◽  
State University ◽  
National Medical ◽  
Medical Physicists ◽  
Radiation Medicine ◽  
Moscow State University

The article assesses the personnel situation in the field of domestic radiation therapy and nuclear medicine. Despite the fact that in recent years there has been a significant re-equipping of Russian medical centers with the latest devices, the quantitative indicators of medical equipment normalized for the number of residents of the country are still significantly inferior to the indexes other countries. And this problem is greatly aggravated by the insufficient number of specialists who can work on the equipment supplied. First and foremost, this refer to medical physicists who are responsible not only for ensuring the required accuracy when applying a dose of ionizing radiation to the tumor, but also for ensuring radiation safety when working with sources of ionizing radiation. A continuing vocational educational retraining program covering development, operation and application of high-tech systems for radiotherapy is being proposed. This program was developed and tested at the Department of Physics of Accelerators and Radiation Medicine of the Physical Faculty of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University with the support of the Rusnano Foundation for Educational Programs. The co-executors in the development and approbation of the Program were the National Medical Research Center of Radiology, A.I. Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of the FMBA of Russia. Invited experts in the process of developing the Program were scientists and specialists of the Bauman MSTU, Tomsk Polytechnic University, NRNU MEPhI, N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology. As a result of a professional educational program, the necessary professional skills for working as specialists in radiotherapy units and nuclear medicine centers are formed, which will successfully solve the problem of professional human resources for the clinical centers of Russia. The program was developed and successfully implemented at the Department of Physics of Accelerators and Radiation Medicine of the Physics Department of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. The need to develop a program of assessment of medical physicists, which are working at the moment, is being considered. This will guarantee a high level of knowledge necessary for full participation in the medical process and making responsible decisions on the therapeutic use of radiation devices and ensuring radiation safety of patients and personnel.

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