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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)

Part of:
Proceedings of the 6. Brazilian congress on medical physics

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