Extremity dosimetry for exposed workers in positron emission tomography in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author:

Beganović Adnan1,Petrović Biljana2,Surić Mihić Marija3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Radiation Protection and Medical Physics, Clinical Center of Sarajevo University , Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2. Radiation Protection Center, Public Health Institute of Republic of Srpska , Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

3. Sector for Radiological and Nuclear Safety, Ministry of the Interior , Civil Protection Directorate, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Abstract Occupational exposure in Bosnia and Herzegovina is regulated by the national regulation on radiation protection for occupational and public exposure. All radiation workers are required to be monitored using whole body passive thermoluminescent dosemeters and, in case of non-uniform external exposures, by dosemeters that would indicate dose to the most affected body parts. Exposed workers are almost exclusively employed in the medical field, and some of them work in nuclear medicine departments where they handle unsealed radioactive sources. Introduction of the positron emission tomography–computed tomography (PET–CT) in two largest clinical centers in the country was expected to cause the increase of equivalent doses to hands received by staff handling the positron emitting radionuclides. Hence, routine monitoring of finger doses became a necessity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the available data on monitoring with ring dosemeters during PET–CT procedure in two hospitals in Bosnia and Herzegovina and compare them with other practices in the nuclear medicine department, as well as with the results of monitoring in other countries. In general, results confirm that effective doses, as well as equivalent doses to hands, are well below annual dose limits. Finger dosemeters have been proven to be an invaluable asset in the incidental situations that sometimes occur in nuclear medicine departments. Different number of patients and differences in injection methodologies are identified as a possible source of differences between doses in two hospitals. Overall, routine evaluation of doses to hands provides a sound basis for possible optimization processes, as well as confirmation of good practices.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

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

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