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.

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

Radiation Safety Knowledge and Practice in Urology Theaters: A Collaborative Multicenter Survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Ong ◽  
Hannah Warren ◽  
Sarika Nalagatla ◽  
Elizabeth Kmiotek ◽  
Chekwas Obasi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Safety ◽  
Multicenter Survey ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Safety Knowledge

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.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Knowledge and Practices about Diabetes Mellitus among Governmental School Teachers in Uglat Asugour, Qassim, Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Faisal Ibrahim Almohaileb ◽  
Omar Ahmed Alturki ◽  
Ali Mohammed Alsudays ◽  
Ibrahim Abdulkareem Aldakheel ◽  
Ali Abdulrahman Alarfaj
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Life Style ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Epidemic Disease ◽  
History Of ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Background: Knowledge and practice about diabetes mellitus (DM) are crucial among school teachers as they could not only be diabetic, dealing with diabetic children/adolescents, but they also share the responsibility of improving the awareness and practice regarding the epidemic disease in our community. Objectives: This cross-sectional study was done in a rural area, Uglat Asugour, to determine the awareness and practices considering DM among governmental school teachers, and, their relationship with teachers' sociodemographic, life style, and anthropometric indices, and, their history of DM. Furthermore, the study aimed to compare between awareness and practice among study participants and to identify risk factors and their relationship. Participants and Methods: The study anonymously enrolled all the voluntarily willing elementary, middle and high school male teachers during April 2018. Data collection tool was a structured self-administered Arabic-language questionnaire that contained a part for collection of the sociodemographic, life style and anthropometric characteristics and diabetes medical history of participants, part 2 has 15 items concerned with knowledge, and, part 3 has 4 items concerned with practice regarding DM. Absentees for any reason were excluded. Results: A total of 171 teachers were targeted. The response rate was 91.8% meaning that 157 teachers were included. Their age was 33.5 ± 06.4 (mean ± SD) years. 5.1% were diabetic and 31.8% of them were having diabetic student(s). The knowledge regarding DM among them showed that 141 (89.8%) had good knowledge and only 16 (10.2%) were having poor knowledge. In regard to practice, 106 (67.5%) teacher were having good practice while 51 (32.5%) were having poor practice. Diabetic teachers and those with a family member with DM, ex-teachers on administrative jobs and teachers at elementary schools scored better than the others in both aspects. Conclusion: comparable to national and international reports, the majority of the targeted school teachers showed a good knowledge and exhibited a good practice regarding DM. Because the country suffers a diabetes epidemic, knowledge and practice require furthering programs that target school teacher in particularly.

scholarly journals A Pre-Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Basic Training Programme in Terms of Knowledge and Practice regarding Care of Young Children among Day Care Workers Working in Selected Day Care Centers of New Delhi

2021 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
Meena Kumari ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Day Care Centers ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

A day care is a childcare center where care is provided by adults who are not their parents. Day care workers should have adequate knowledge regarding the care of young children. The study aimed to assess the knowledge and practice regarding care of young children in day care centers. Quantitative descriptive research approach was adopted for the study with one group pre-test post-test pre-experimental research design. The study included 30 day care workers working in a day care centre of New Delhi, using purposive sampling. Structured knowledge questionnaire and observation checklists were used for data collection and data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showed that before administration of basic training programmes, 18 (60%) of day care workers had average knowledge scores, 9 (30%) had good knowledge scores and 3 (10%) of day care workers had poor knowledge regarding care of young children. After the administration of the basic training programme, 30 (100%) were having good knowledge. It can be concluded that participants ranked highest (I) in knowledge score of Prevention of infections knowledge’ followed by rank II of ‘Growth and development of child’, rank III of ‘Nutrition for a child’, rank IV ‘Personal hygiene’, rank V of ‘Safety and security’ followed by rank VI - ‘Qualities of personnel in day care center’. In terms of practice before administration of basic training programme 23 (77%) of study subjects had average practice scores, 4 (13%) had good practice scores and 3 (10%) of day care workers had poor practice scores regarding care of young children. After the administration of the basic training programme, 27(90%) were having good practice and 3 (10%) were having average practice. There was no significant association found between the knowledge and practice score with demographic variables of day care workers.

scholarly journals Assessment of dentists' knowledge and practice regarding the principles of protection against ionizing radiation

2021 ◽  
pp. 97-105
Keyword(s):  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
History Of ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
And Performance

Background: Today, the use of dental radiography equipment in dental centers has increased due to its high application in the diagnosis of dental diseases. As a result, concerns are increasing regarding repeated exposure to this low dose level of radiation. Therefore, the knowledge and practice of dentists about radiation protection are essential for themselves and the patients. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of dentists about radiation protection. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed based on a questionnaire in several cities of Iran. The first part of the questionnaire included such information as gender, years of work experience, and participation in radiation protection workshops. The second, third, and fourth sections consisted of questions on radiobiology, radiation protection, and performance, respectively. Results: In this study, 94 dentists participated, and the mean scores of dentists (out of 5 points) for radiobiology knowledge, radiation protection knowledge, and performance were obtained at 2.66±1.1, 2.80±1.01, and 2.87±1.37, respectively. The results of Pearson analysis showed that general knowledge had a significant relationship with performance (P=0.014). There was also a significant relationship between the history of participation in radiation protection workshops and performance (P=0.01). Conclusion: It was found that more knowledge about the effects of ionizing radiation on the body and more awareness of the principles of radiation protection would help dentists to better observe the practical principles of radiation protection. Also, participating in radiation protection workshops could increase dentists' knowledge, and therefore, improve their performance.

scholarly journals Knowledge and practices regarding tuberculosis infection control among nurses in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Aboh Akande
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Abstract Background: Nurses are particularly vulnerable to nosocomial tuberculosis (TB) infection because, being in the frontline of patient care, they are frequently exposed to patients with infectious TB disease. Although cost-effective measures are available for TB infection control (TBIC), they are often poorly implemented. Knowledge of TBIC is known to positively influence the practice of the measures. There is however limited data on the knowledge and practice of TBIC among nurses in Nigeria. This study was aimed at determining the levels of TBIC-related knowledge and practices of nurses in Ibadan, and associated socio-demographic factors. Methods: This cross-sectional study utilized a self-administered questionnaire to collect data from 200 nurses in two secondary health facilities, in May 2014. STATA version 13 was used to analyze data: mean knowledge and practice scores of the nurses and logistic regression to explore their association with socio-demographic factors. Results: The respondents had mean knowledge and practice scores of 68.2% and 79.9% respectively. Using cut-off points of 80% and 100% for good knowledge and practice scores respectively, small proportions of the nurses had good scores- knowledge (10.5%) and practice (6%). Knowledge was found not to be significantly associated with the socio-demographic factors. Work experience was the only factor that was significantly associated with practice, with the more experienced nurses (>18 years of experience) having lesser odds of obtaining good practice scores (OR 0.25, 95%CI 0.06-0.94). Also, there was no significant association between knowledge and practice scores. No structured TBIC training had been conducted at this time. Conclusions: The study revealed that small proportions of the nurses had good knowledge and practice scores. The findings from this study will be useful for the planning of interventions to improve TBIC among nurses and other healthcare workers, and to benchmark monitoring and evaluation of the interventions. It is recommended that the nurses should be trained on TBIC to equip them with necessary knowledge and skills. This, together with appropriate TBIC policy directives, availability of TBIC equipment/supplies and facility architectural remodeling will contribute to optimal implementation of TB preventive measures.

Food safety knowledge and self-reported practices among adolescents in rural secondary schools in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Oyine Aluh ◽  
Kelechi Martins Nworie ◽  
Francis Owoicho Aluh
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Food Hygiene ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Safety Knowledge

Abstract Background Severe foodborne disease outbreaks have occurred in different continents of the globe in recent decades, particularly due to ineffective food laws, regulatory systems and inadequate food handling knowledge among food handlers and consumers. The purpose of the present study was to assess the food safety knowledge and practices among secondary school students in rural parts of Kogi State, Nigeria. Methods A cross-sectional study using self-administered questionnaires was carried out between October and December, 2017. The study was carried out in two public secondary schools located in a rural area in Kogi State, North-central Nigeria. All consenting students in both schools were recruited for the study. Descriptive analysis and chi-square (χ2) tests were carried out using Statistical Package for Service Solutions v.20. Results A total of 259 out of 300 survey questionnaires were completed and returned (86.33%). The mean age of the study participants was 15.9 ± 2.5 years. There were more males than females (55.2%, n = 143). The mean percent knowledge score was 75.79%. The mean percent practice score was 82.48%. More than half (n = 143, 55.2%) respondents had a good knowledge level, and 54.4% (n = 141) had a good practice level. A significant association was found only between food hygiene knowledge and mothers’ education (χ2 = 9.49, p = 0.023). Conclusion The overall food safety knowledge and practice among the secondary school students surveyed was good. Targeted educational interventions on food safety can be made to improve knowledge and practice of food hygiene among students.

scholarly journals How prepared were we? A study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of dental surgeons regarding the Covid 19 pandemic in district Dehradun

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
Yogeshwari ◽  
Anubha Agarwal ◽  
Himanshu Aeran
Keyword(s):  
Virus Disease ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
World Health ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

The novel corona virus disease 2019 has been declared a global public health emergency & is affecting people across the globe. Dental Surgeons are at an invariably high risk of contracting COVID 19. Since all dentists are slowly resuming their full practice they shall be fully prepared. Aim of the study is to assess the knowledge, attitude & practise of Dental Surgeons regarding the novel Corona Virus Disease 2019 in District, Dehradun. An online Questionnaire was circulated among dental surgeons in District, Dehradun. The Questionnaire consisted of 5 sections: 1. Consent, 2. Epidemiological Data, 3. Knowledge Based Questions (11 Questions), 4. Attitude Based Questions (8 Questions), 5. Practice Based Questions (11 Questions). 107 responses were collected in total. Most dental surgeons had a degree of MDS (Masters of Dental Science): 60.7%. Good knowledge and practice scores were observed among 92.7% and 79.5% of the dental surgeons. Significant association of good knowledge scores with qualifications (p = 0.04) and years of practice (p = 0.02) was found; while good practice scores were associated with qualifications only (p = 0.03). Dental surgeons in district Dehradun were found to have good knowledge and practice scores, which is important to skirmish COVID-19. They are hence advised to follow the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) World Health Organization (WHO), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) guidelines in their clinics and should sensitize their staff as well. So that they themselves, their staff and patients all remain safe.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of nuclear medicine staff towards radiation protection

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danial Seifi ◽  
Hadi Hasanzadeh ◽  
Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi ◽  
Alireza Emadi ◽  
Mitra Bokharaeian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Radiation Protection ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Geographical Regions ◽  
Safety Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction: Ionizing radiation in medical imaging is one of the dominant sources of exposure, and correct knowledge of radiation protection, affects staff safety behaviors during procedures. This study aimed to assess the radiation protection Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) amongst nuclear medicine centers' staff in Iran. Methods: To evaluate the level of radiation protection KAP, a validated questionnaire was distributed between 243 participants considering demographic characteristics in different geographical regions in Iran from 2014 to 2015. Results: There were statistically significant differences in the level of nuclear medicine staff KAP radiation protection with gender (p<0.05), practice age KAP level and radiation protection (p<0.05) among nuclear medicine staff with different working regions and healthcare market. There is no significant connection between educational age and KAP level of radiation protection of nuclear medicine department staff (p>0.05). Conclusion: Our findings have shown that radiation protection KAP level of nuclear medicine staff was inadequate in some regions. This might be due to the lack of continuous training and absence of adequate safety knowledge about ionizing radiation. It seems that awareness about radiation protection rules and regulations, along with continuous training and preparations has a direct effect on radiation practice leading to enhanced KAP of staff in nuclear medicine centers.

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