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Assesment of systemic exposure form a wound contaminated by radioactive products

Creators

  • 1. Institut de protection et de surete nucleaire, Departement de protection de la sante de l'homme et de dosimetrie, Centre d'Etudes de Fontenay-aux-Roses (France)
  • 2. Service medical du travail, Centre d'Etudes de Vaujours - Moronvilliers (France)

Description

Wound contamination may occur in case of accidental exposure of workers handling radioactive products. In order to operate radio-toxicological follow-up, a fairly general model must be able to apply to the various injuries and products involved. Some principles and their applications are developed to make it possible for physicians to set up a monitoring program relevant to the assessment of the systemic burden. Only the dosimetry relative to the activity passing through the cutaneous mucous barrier into the blood flow is considered. Local doses at the wound level are not considered. For the interpretation of the measurements, both retention and excretion curves and dosimetric factors are given for the most common radionuclides. (authors)

Abstract (French)

La blessure avec contamination constitue une des situations accidentelles d'exposition des personnes amenees a manipuler des produits radioactifs. La diversite des lesions et des produits en cause doit etre ramenee a une modelisation suffisamment generale pour comprendre l'evolution des resultats de mesure et mettre en oeuvre un suivi radiotoxicologique. Les principes de surveillance et leurs applications sont developpes pour permettre aux praticiens d'etablir les protocoles appropries a l'evaluation de la charge systemique. Seule, en effet, est consideree la dosimetrie relative a l'activite qui franchit la barriere cutaneo-muqueuse et qui penetre dans le courant sanguin. La question des doses locales au niveau de la plaie n'est pas abordee. Les courbes de retention et d'excretion destinees a interpreter les resultats de mesure, ainsi que les facteurs dosimetriques, sont donnes pour les radionucleides les plus couramment utilises. (auteur)

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Additional titles

Original title (French)
Evaluation de l'exposition systemique resultant d'une blessure contaminee par des produits radioactifs

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URL
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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
107 p.
Report number
CEA-R--5583

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
45061319
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ABSORBED RADIATION DOSES; ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; EXCRETION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; PARTIAL BODY IRRADIATION; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; URINE; WOUNDS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; BODY FLUIDS; CLEARANCE; DATA; DISEASES; DOSES; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; INFORMATION; INJURIES; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIATION DOSES; WASTES

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