Evaluation of medical residents exposed to X-ray during surgical procedures
- 1. Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil). Fisica Medica. Servico de Engenharia Biomedica
- 2. Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil). Fisica Medica. Servico de Radiologia
Description
This work present some evaluations in relation to the Medical Resident that work with X-rays during surgery procedures. The objective is discovery what the staff that make more use of this kind of radiation during their procedures and evaluate the relation with their respective doses. The information was toke during the activities that make some use of X-rays. This information was connected with the respective dose of Medical Resident. The results is that the worker of Medical Resident is the worker that are most in exposure in a surgery unit. The staff that use X-rays with more frequency and have the biggest time in exposure is Orthopedy and Traumathology. The highest dose that they received were of 22,72 mSv, in a Resident of the Urology group. (author)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Portuguese)
- Avaliacao dos medicos residentes expostos aos raios-X durante procedimentos cirurgicos
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the 6. Brazilian congress on medical physics
- Imprint Pagination
- [262 p.]
- Journal Page Range
- [4 p.]
Conference
- Title
- 6. Brazilian congress on medical physics
- Original Conference Title
- 6. Congresso brasileiro de fisica medica
- Dates
- 4-6 Oct 2001
- Place
- Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Brazil
- Country of Input or Organization
- Brazil
- INIS RN
- 34072771
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- FLUOROSCOPY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION PROTECTION; SURGERY; TIME DEPENDENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DOSES; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PERSONNEL; RADIOLOGY; SAFETY
Optional Information
- Notes
- 3 refs., 1 tab., 4 graphs Imprint:Published only in CD-Rom;Anais do 6. Congresso brasileiro de fisica medica