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.
Ferrari, P., Mariotti, F., Campani, L., Castelluccio, D., Pierotti, L., Pettinato, C., et al. (2015). First results of an eye lens dosimetry survey in an interventional cardiology department. JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION, 35(2), 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.
