The eye lens annual dose limit for exposed personnel to ionizing radiation has recently been revised by the ICRP - International Commission on Radiological Protection and the proposed new limit has been accepted by European legislation through the Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM 2013. Among medical exposed personnel, the staff performing interventional cardiology are usually affected by relevant doses. For this reason a survey, employing dosemeters characterized in terms of Hp(3), was performed in order to get the order of magnitude of the doses received by the eye lens, at least as a first guess. The survey showed that the annual dose limit can easily be reached if a proper radiation protection approach is not implemented.
First results of an eye lens dosimetry survey in an interventional cardiology department / Ferrari, P.; Mariotti, F.; Campani, L.; Castelluccio, D.M.; Pierotti, L.; Pettinato, C.; Golfieri, R.; Marzocchi, A.; De Palma, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION. - ISSN 0952-4746. - ELETTRONICO. - 35:2(2015), pp. 467.467-467.472. [10.1088/0952-4746/35/2/467]
First results of an eye lens dosimetry survey in an interventional cardiology department
Pettinato, C.;Golfieri, R.;
2015
Abstract
The eye lens annual dose limit for exposed personnel to ionizing radiation has recently been revised by the ICRP - International Commission on Radiological Protection and the proposed new limit has been accepted by European legislation through the Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM 2013. Among medical exposed personnel, the staff performing interventional cardiology are usually affected by relevant doses. For this reason a survey, employing dosemeters characterized in terms of Hp(3), was performed in order to get the order of magnitude of the doses received by the eye lens, at least as a first guess. The survey showed that the annual dose limit can easily be reached if a proper radiation protection approach is not implemented.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.