Radiological Protection for Medical Exposure to Ionizing Radiation. Safety Guide (Spanish ed.)

This Safety Guide provides recommendations on how safety requirements may be fulfilled for the protection of patients, comforters and visitors of patients against exposure to ionizing radiation in medical practice in compliance with Appendix II (Medical Exposure) of Safety Series No. 115, International Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources (1996). Recommendations cover the establishment of guidance levels for diagnostic medical exposures, acceptance testing processes for radiation equipment, calibration of radiotherapy units and reporting of accidental medical exposures. Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Regulatory programme for radiological protection for medical exposure; 3. Specific aspects of radiological protection for medical exposure in diagnostic and interventional radiology; 4. Specific aspects of radiological protection for medical exposure in nuclear medicine; 5. Specific aspects of radiological protection for medical exposure in radiotherapy; Annex I: 1. General requirements; Annex II: Medical exposure; Annex III: Schedule II. Dose limits. Dose limitation for comforters and visitors of patients; Annex IV: Schedule III. Guidance levels of dose, dose rate and activity for medical exposure; Glossary.