Occupational and patient exposure in interventional cardiology in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

Monitoring of professionally exposed workers in Bosnia and Herzegovina started in 1960s. Doses received by patients and professionals in interventional cardiology are high in comparison with other practices in medicine. The purpose of this study is to present personal and patient dosimetry data. Results show increase in doses of personnel in interventional cardiology. Total collective dose for four cardiology centres in Bosnia and Herzegovina increased from 15 person mSv in 2007 to 52 person mSv in 2010. This increase mainly corresponds to higher number of personnel and increase in the number of procedures. Average monthly dose has increased from 0.40 to 0.72 mSv in the same period. The results of occupational and patient doses in interventional cardiology are similar to results reported in the literature. It is of great importance for professionals working in this field to be educated in radiation protection and proper use of X-ray equipment.

Comparison of Five Developed Algorithms to Estimate Staff Effective Dose in Interventional Cardiology: Are They Interchangeable?

“…Second, there is an expansion of staff number working in cardiology departments; this is due to the increase in complexity of procedures performed. 23 Therefore, it is important to estimate the dose received by personnel Fig. 3.…”

Fifteen years of occupational exposure monitoring in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

“…At the end of 2013, the Clin i cal Centre of Sarajevo Uni ver sity be gan per form ing the PET di ag nos tic pro ce dures and the ab la tive radioiodine therapy [43][44][45]. On the other hand, the num ber of pro cedures in the interventional car di ol ogy has been in creasing ever since -in the Clin i cal Cen tre of Sarajevo Uni ver sity, as well as in other hos pi tals in BIH [17]. This emphasised the need for fin ger and eye lens do sime ters.…”

“…Sev eral stud ies have been pub lished with the results from FBIH. Most no ta bly, a 10-year re view from 2010 by Baši} et al, as well as the eval u a tion of oc cupa tional ex po sure in interventional car di ol ogy in 2011 by Beganovi} et al, [15,17]. This study eval u ates addi tional five years of dose mon i tor ing data, with the meth od ol ogy match ing the UNSCEAR 2008 Re port, and makes the re-eval u a tion of pre vi ously pub lished re sults us ing a dif fer ent meth od ol ogy [15,18].…”