REVISION OF THE MEDICAL RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATION FOR RADIOLOGICAL PRACTICE NOW AND FUTURCE

While many areas of radiation protection have formed so-called ‘platforms’ in Europe which provide strategic research agendas for their areas of interest, this did not happen for a long while for medical exposure, which is the application of ionising radiation that causes the greatest man-made exposure, at least in first world countries. Finally, in 2015, a European medical radiation protection strategic research agenda was set up, and a corresponding platform was launched in 2016. This was named ‘EURAMED’ – the European Alliance for Medical Radiation Protection Research. In its strategic research agenda, EURAMED defined its vision for medical radiation protection and the corresponding research needed. Five major topics were identified, ranging from measurements of medical application-related parameters such as exposures and image quality and radiation biology aspects relevant for medical applications to individual optimisation strategies, to optimal use of techniques and harmonisation of practises, and finally to justification of the use of ionising radiation in medicine, all based on sufficient infrastructures for quality assurance. The ultimate goal is to reduce radiation exposure and risk individually for patients and staff by interdisciplinary research between clinicians, physicists, and engineers. Therefore, it is essential that the results are translated into clinical practice.

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EURAMED – The european alliance for medical radiation protection research

Physica Medica ◽

10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.07.279 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 ◽

pp. 173-174

Author(s):

Lluĺs Donoso Bach

Keyword(s):

Radiation Protection ◽

Medical Radiation

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Book reviewExposure of the US Population from Diagnostic Medical Radiation. NCRP Report no. 100, pp. iii + 103, 1989 (National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements). ISBN 0–92600–1–0

British Journal of Radiology ◽

10.1259/0007-1285-66-791-1051 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 66 (791) ◽

pp. 1051-1051

Author(s):

I A Castellano

Keyword(s):

Radiation Protection ◽

National Council ◽

Medical Radiation ◽

The Us

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RADIATION RISK ESTIMATION FROM OCCUPATIONAL MEDICAL IMAGING EXPOSURE IN MALAYSIA

Jurnal Teknologi ◽

10.11113/jt.v75.5191 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 75 (6) ◽

Author(s):

S.R. Yahaya ◽

Mimi H. Hassim

Keyword(s):

Occupational Exposure ◽

Ionizing Radiation ◽

Radiation Exposure ◽

Radiation Protection ◽

Radiation Safety ◽

Radiation Risk ◽

Occupational Radiation Exposure ◽

Medical Radiation ◽

Radiation Workers ◽

Occupational Radiation

Ionizing radiation has been increasingly applied in medicine and firmly established as an essential tool for diagnosis. There is high possibility for medical radiation workers to receive doses that are considerably higher than recorded by their dosimeters due to lack of knowledge about ionizing radiation, lack of training in radiation protection, and attitude of the workers themselves toward radiation protection. The purpose of this study is to estimate the radiation risk due to occupational exposure to ionizing radiation among medical diagnostic workers at hospitals in Malaysia. Also the objective is to determine the knowledge of occupational radiation exposure and radiation safety among the workers. The assessment was made based on the collective doses collected from film badge of the workers. The results of risk assessment show the mean annual collective effective dose based on type of X-ray procedure in this study was 5.445mSv, which is much lower compared to the whole body exposure dose limit, set by the ICRP Publication 60. A survey on knowledge of occupational radiation exposure and radiation safety was conducted using questionnaire and it was found that vast majority of respondents were aware of radiation safety with 91.3% answered the specific questions regarding radiation protection at workplace correctly. Unfortunately only 30.4% of the respondents fully understand the hazard they are exposed to. The study reveals that there is a critical need to educate not only medical radiation workers but also medical doctors and nurses to decrease unnecessary occupational exposure to radiation hazard.

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