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THE USE OF ACTIVE PERSONAL DOSEMETERS IN INTERVENTIONAL WORKPLACES IN HOSPITALS: COMPARISON BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE DOSEMETERS WORN SIMULTANEOUSLY BY MEDICAL STAFF.
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THE USE OF ACTIVE PERSONAL DOSEMETERS IN INTERVENTIONAL WORKPLACES IN HOSPITALS: COMPARISON BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE DOSEMETERS WORN SIMULTANEOUSLY BY MEDICAL STAFF.

  • Vanhavere F SCK-CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium.
  • Carinou E Greek Atomic Energy Commission, EEAE, Agia Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece.
  • Clairand I IRSN, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safery, Fontenay-Aux-Roses, France.
  • Ciraj-Bjelac O Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
  • De Monte F Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy.
  • Domienik-Andrzejewska J NIOM, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland.
  • Ferrari P ENEA. IRP-Radiation Protection Institute, Bologna, Italy.
  • Ginjaume M UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Hršak H University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Hupe O Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), 38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
  • Knezevic Z Ruder Boskovic Institute RBI, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • O'Connor U St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
  • Merce MS CHUV, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Sarmento S Porto Research Center (CI-IPOP), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto), Porto, Portugal.
  • Savary A IRSN, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safery, Fontenay-Aux-Roses, France.
  • Siskoonen T STUK, Helsinki, Finland.
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  • 2019-12-14
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  • Radiation protection dosimetry. - 2020
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Radiation
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
General Medicine
English Medical staff in interventional procedures are among the professionals with the highest occupational doses. Active personal dosemeters (APDs) can help in optimizing the exposure during interventional procedures. However, there can be problems when using APDs during interventional procedures, due to the specific energy and angular distribution of the radiation field and because of the pulsed nature of the radiation. Many parameters like the type of interventional procedure, personal habits and working techniques, protection tools used and X-ray field characteristics influence the occupational exposure and the scattered radiation around the patient. In this paper, we compare the results from three types of APDs with a passive personal dosimetry system while being used in real clinical environment by the interventional staff. The results show that there is a large spread in the ratios of the passive and active devices.
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