Management of Personal Dosimeters: The Lessons Learned from Mistakes

Background: Dosimeter management in the Radiotherapy Department, Pereira-Rossell Hospital (HPR) Montevideo-Uruguay, has been difficult due to: 1) The Dosimetry Service (Ministry of Industry) has increased the cost of the personal dosimeter replacement. It was warned that the cost could be transferred to radiation workers (RWs). 2) HPR has a delay in the payment to the Dosimetry Service; thus, RWs of Radiotherapy-HPR do not have their month exposure value in Sievert since August-2021. 3) The hired transportation for dosimeters left RWs without them for two and three days every month. It must be highlighted that all technicians, some physicians and physicists work for at least two institutions, so they have a personal dosimeter in each one.