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A real-time system to report abnormal events involving staff in a nuclear medicine therapy unit

Published:2023-05-24 Issue:8-9 Volume:199 Page:962-969
ISSN:0144-8420
Container-title:Radiation Protection Dosimetry
language:en
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Author:

Stendardo Giorgia¹,Nuccetelli Cristina²,Grande Sveva³,Palma Alessandra³,Venoso Gennaro²,Zicari Carmine⁴,Andenna Claudio⁴,Frau Giuseppe⁵,Bonanno Ilaria⁵,Landoni Valeria⁶,Sciuto Rosa⁶,Bruzzaniti Vicente⁶,Cassano Bartolomeo⁶,Iaccarino Giuseppe⁶,Murtas Federica⁶,Canzi Cristina⁷,Zito Felicia⁷,Fattibene Paola¹

Affiliation:

1. Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Core Facilities, Rome 00161, Italy

2. Istituto Superiore di Sanità , National Center for Radiation Protection and Computational Physics, Rome 00161, Italy

3. Istituto Superiore di Sanità , National Centre for Innovative Technologies in Public Health, Rome 00161, Italy

4. National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work, Department of Technological Innovations and Safety of Plants, Products and Anthropics settlements, Rome 00153, Italy

5. Deep Blue Srl , Rome 00185, Italy

6. IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute , Department of research and advanced technology, Rome 00144, Italy

7. Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico , Milan 20122, Italy

Abstract

Abstract A system for internal and voluntary reporting of abnormal events in a Nuclear Medicine Therapy Unit is described. This system is based on the Internet of Things and is composed of an application for mobile devices and a wireless network of detectors. The application is addressed to healthcare professionals and is intended to be a user-friendly tool to make the reporting procedure little laborious. The network of detectors allows for a real-time measurement of the dose distribution in the patient’s room. The staff was involved in all stages, from the design of the dosimetry system and mobile application up to their final testing. Face-to-face interviews were carried out with 24 operators in different roles in the Unit (radiation protection experts, physicians, physicists, nuclear medicine technicians and nurses). The preliminary results of the interviews and the current state of development of the application and the detection network will be described.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine,Radiation,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

Link

https://academic.oup.com/rpd/article-pdf/199/8-9/962/50435693/ncad098.pdf

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