Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2021
Keywords:
Nuclear medicine, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, PET, PET-CT, Radiation effects, Radiation safety, Dosimetric comparison
DOI:
10.26044/esi2021/ESI-12130
Results or findings
The results of this study showed that the absorbed dose by each operator is, on average, between 3 and 4 microSieverts per work session, with peaks of 10 microSieverts in the case of non-autonomous and bedridden patients or, vice versa, of 2 microSieverts. in the case of autonomous patients. Remember that the average number of patients for each operator tends to be uniform at 7, with sessions ranging from 6 to 8 patients at a time. It has been seen how the trend of the dose over time is constant thanks to the experience of the workers, despite each of them having different working methods, and to the application of the basic radiation protection standards, a fundamental parameter for the release of this result. It should be noted that the tip that can be seen in the graph is due to a malfunction of the meter while one was exposed to more than 10 mSv when there was constant contamination / assistance to the patient.