The Effect of Pre-Operative Verbal Confirmation for Interventional Radiology Physicians on Their Use of Personal Dosimeters and Personal Protective Equipment

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ID15501896
AuthorsSatoru Matsuzaki (0000-0002-8779-934X, Uji Hospital), Takashi Moritake (0000-0003-4580-9332, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, corresponding author), Lue Sun (0000-0001-8485-6380, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Koichi Morota (0000-0002-1190-6217, Uji Hospital), Keisuke Nagamoto (0000-0002-5860-9009, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan), Koichi Nakagami (University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan), Tomoko Kuriyama (0000-0002-5201-3618, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan), Go Hitomi (Kawasaki Medical School Hospital), Shigeyuki Kajiki (0000-0003-2136-7453, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan), Naoki Kunugita (0000-0002-6516-8379, University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue24
Pages16825-16825
Publication date2022-12-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph192416825
PMID36554706
OpenAlexW4312196181
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

Interventional radiology (IR) physicians must be equipped with personal passive dosimeters and personal protective equipment (PPE); however, they are inconsistently used. Therefore, we aimed to explore practical measures to increase PPE usage and ascertain whether these measures could lead to an actual decrease in exposure doses to IR physicians. Dosimeters and PPE were visually inspected. Then, a pre-operative briefing was conducted as a direct intervention, and the use of dosimeters and PPE was verbally confirmed. Finally, the intervention effect was verified by measuring the use rates and individual exposure doses. Because of the intervention, the use rate markedly improved and was almost 100%. However, both the effective dose rate (effective dose/fluoroscopy time) and the lens equivalent dose rate (lens equivalent dose/fluoroscopy time) showed that the intervention led to a statistically significant increase in exposure (effective dose rate: p = 0.033; lens equivalent dose rate: p = 0.003). In conclusion, the proper use of dosimeters and PPE raised the radiation exposure values for IR physicians immediately after the intervention, which was hypothesized to be due to the inclusion of exposure overlooked to date and the changes in the dosimeter management method from a single- to a double-dosimeter approach

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Dose rate · Dosimeter · Dosimetry · Equivalent dose · Fluoroscopy · Intervention (counseling · Interventional radiology · Lead apron · Medical physics · Nuclear medicine · Personal protective equipment · Radiation exposure · Radiology · Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy · Medicine · Nursing · Radiation Dose and Imaging · Radiology practices and education · Internal Medicine

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