Awareness of Medical Radiologic Technologists of Ionizing Radiation and Radiation Protection

Abstract

Japanese people experienced the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, the Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Co. criticality accident, it was found that many human resources are needed to respond to residents’ concerns about disaster exposure in the event of a radiation disaster. Medical radiologic technologists learn about radiation from the time of their training, and are engaged in routine radiographic work, examination explanations, medical exposure counseling, and radiation protection of staff. By learning about nuclear disasters and counseling, we believe they can address residents’ concerns. In order to identify items needed for training, we examined the perceptions of medical radiologic technologists in the case of different specialties, modalities and radiation doses. In 2016, 5 years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, we conducted a survey of 57 medical radiologic technologists at two medical facilities with different specialties and work contents to investigate their attitudes toward radiation. 42 participants answered questions regarding sex, age group, presence of children, health effects of radiation exposure, radiation control, generation of X rays by diagnostic X ray equipment, and radiation related units. In a comparison of 38 items other than demographic data, 14 showed no significant differences and 24 showed significant differences. This study found that perceptions of radiation were different among radiology technologists at facilities with different specialties. The survey suggested the possibility of identifying needed training items and providing effective training.

Evaluation of a New Real-Time Dosimeter Sensor for Interventional Radiology Staff

“…Dosimeters placed in the vicinity of the lens, such as the Eye-D and DOSIRIS, can also be used [ 26 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 ]; the passive DOSIRIS dosimeter, which does not provide real-time monitoring, was designed to measure the lens dose, but the real-time i3 system may be more effective for reducing occupational doses. The use of dosimeters such as the i3 will be valuable in situations such as IVR, in which exposure doses are high and instantaneous monitoring is required [ 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 ].…”

Examination of Modern Strategies of Instructing Patients for Radiation Protection in the Nuclear Medicine Department

“…Radio-Examination of radiation protection in the nuclear medicine department drugs are few, but most of the treatment methods are done using Tc99. Radio-drugs can be in liquid form such as Tc99 and 123I or in gaseous form such as 133Xe and 18 Kr (7). After the injection, the drug should be left in the body for an appropriate period of time, that is, it should not be left for a short period of time when the metabolic process of the drug is destroyed and the drug is excreted and not for a long time when the absorbed dose of the drug is increased.…”

“…After the injection, the drug should be left in the body for an appropriate period of time, that is, it should not be left for a short period of time when the metabolic process of the drug is destroyed and the drug is excreted and not for a long time when the absorbed dose of the drug is increased. The time the drug stays in the body depends on its biological half-life and radiological half (6,7). For instance, a survey on ionizing radiation and radiation protection awareness among radiologic technologists at two medical facilities with different specialties and job descriptions illustrated the importance of identifying needed training items and providing effective training and education for both technologists and patients (7).…”

“…The time the drug stays in the body depends on its biological half-life and radiological half (6,7). For instance, a survey on ionizing radiation and radiation protection awareness among radiologic technologists at two medical facilities with different specialties and job descriptions illustrated the importance of identifying needed training items and providing effective training and education for both technologists and patients (7). As a result, radiographers play a vital role in the application of protective measures because they are directly responsible for conducting tests, should be aware of the guidelines for reducing the radiation dose caused by various tests, and should have a proper attitude and performance in this field so that they can minimize the risks caused by radiations (8,9).…”